 The George Gordon Meade Memorial , also known as the Meade Memorial or Major General George Gordon Meade , is a public artwork in Washington , D.C. honoring George Meade , a career military officer from Pennsylvania who is best known for defeating General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg . The monument is sited on the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse . It was originally located at Union Square , but was removed and placed in storage for fourteen years before being installed at its current location . The statue was sculpted by Charles Grafly , an educator and founder of the National Sculpture Society , and was a gift from the state of Pennsylvania . Prominent attendees at the dedication ceremony in 1927 included President Calvin Coolidge , Governor John <unk> Fisher , Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon , and Senator Simeon D. Fess . 
