Statue of Francesco de Miranda

Statue of Francesco de Miranda
  Lorenzo Gonzalez, 1977
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Caracas Venezuela 1750, Cadiz La Carraca Prison 1816
Great soldier of freedom who participated in the three greatest political upheavals of his time: the struggle for independence in the United States, the French revolution, and the emancipation of Latin America.
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 Miranda knew more of the families, parties, and connections in the United States, than any other man in them... he knew more of every campaign, siege, battle, and skirmish that had ever occurred in the whole war, than any other officer in our army, or any statesman in our councils. - John Adams.
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Presented by Venezuela to the United States of America on its bicentennial, 1976
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There is in the world today only one... nation in which you can discuss politics outside of the tried heart of a true friend. That nation is the United States. - Miranda O'Higgins
20th, Winter, and the Parkway