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4 unusual facts about Sylvanus Thayer


Joseph Kiselewski

His bronze Bust of Sylvanus Thayer, 1966, is in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, Bronx Community College/CUNY, on University Avenue and West 181st Street, as is his bronze Bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1970.

Sylvanus Thayer

During the War of 1812, Thayer directed the fortification and defense of Norfolk, Virginia, and was promoted to major.

Eliot, Major George Fielding, Sylvanus Thayer of West Point, Messner, 1959

In 1815, Thayer was provided $5,000 to travel to Europe, where he studied for two years at the French École Polytechnique.



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