of the warship USS Delaware. The ship burned during the American Civil War, but the figurehead was rescued and put on display at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In the 1930s, a bronze replica was installed on campus in front of Bancroft Hall, where each day the First and Second Battalions of the Brigade of Midshipmen form for Noon Meal Formation. The original figurehead is in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum. Tamanend, a 1995 bronze statue by Raymond Sandoval, is located at the intersection of Front and Market Streets, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The plaque notes that "Tamanend was considered the patron saint of America by the colonists prior to American Independence." Namesakes St. Tammany Parish (established ) is one of nine Louisiana parishes (counties) named for "saints;" it is the only one whose namesake is not a Christian "saint" as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. Mount Tammany is the name of the prominence on Kittatinny Mountain on the northeast (New Jersey) side of the Delaware Water Gap. "Tammany Regiment" was the nickname of the New York 42nd Infantry during the American Civil War. Its monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield includes an 1891 statue of Tamenend by John J. Boyle. Tamanend Middle School, Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania, was named for him. Bracey, Virginia, was originally named St. Tammany. St. Tammany Masonic Lodge #5, was chartered in Hampton, Virginia in 1759. Todd Tamanend Clark, poet and composer, was born in 1952 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania. See also List of peace activists References External links Lenape people Native American leaders 1620s births 1700s deaths 17th-century Native Americans