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Dewey Monument
The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue in San Francisco, California, located in the middle of Union Square.
== History ==
The monument was named after Spanish–American War hero Admiral George Dewey. In 1901, President William McKinley visited San Francisco to break ground for the monument. Six months later McKinley was assassinated and was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt. On May 14, 1903, Roosevelt officially dedicated the monument, which "commemorates the victory of Admiral George Dewey and the American fleet over Spanish forces at Manila Bay, the Philippines, on May 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War" and also is a tribute to the sailors of the US Navy.
Robert Ingersoll Aitken was hired to sculpt a 9-foot statue in honor of McKinley and Dewey. The statue holds a trident that represents Dewey and a wreath that represents McKinley. Aitken hired Alma de Bretteville Spreckels to model for the statue.
Architect Newton Tharp designed the base and column within a budget of $45,000. The column, over in diameter and over in height, was assembled from individual blocks weighing . Timbers over long were shipped from Oregon to support the block and tackle system used to construct the monument.
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