At Sheridan Circle in Northwest, Civil War Hero Charges Through Time

The Washington Post | June 21, 1990| | Copyright

Unlike the overweight, overdressed generals astride horses in many of Washington's traffic circles, Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, mounted on his black charger Rienzi in Sheridan Circle NW, is a statue to reckon with. Hard-muscled and triumphant, it's the kind of statue that might make pigeons think twice before landing.

Few bronze statues in the city have as much energy and few tell as vivid a tale of a single moment in a hero's life.

The National Park Service has just finished blasting 81 years worth of grime from the image at Massachusetts Avenue and 23rd Street NW by spraying it with about ...

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