Four 19-ton glass and steel torches tower more than 40 feet on each corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue.

The commemorative site pays homage to nine documented enslaved persons of African descent who were part of the Washington household, and addresses the topic of slavery in the early history of the United States.

Covering the back of The Beasley Firm building, the mural depicts foundry workers casting sculpture in Philadelphia.

The most famous of the foreign volunteers in the Revolutionary War was the Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman who sailed for America at the age of 20 to offer his military services free of charge.

A memorial to Mary Dyer, a deliberate martyr to her Quaker belief in freedom of religion. Artist Sylvia Shaw Judson intended to convey qualities of “courage, compassion, and peace.”

The artist, Sardinian-born Albino Manca, chose to represent this fierce and commanding cat posed in a defensive position – perhaps warding off its main predator and enemy – man.

Chief Tamanend, with a welcoming outstretched arm, stands atop a turtle while an eagle with a wampum belt in its grasp is perched on his shoulder.

Gaston Lachaise introduced a certain vitality and sensuality in American sculpture through the celebration of the female form.

The artwork includes vividly colored aluminum acrobats, silhouette figures, and lowercase script letters that spell out “The Huge Theater of the Moon.”

This standing figure along with The Puritan by artist Harry Rosin was intended to represent major spiritual forces in the settling of the seaboard of the United States.