Tamanend - Statues, Monuments, and Memorials

Statues, Monuments, and Memorials

• Philadelphia has a statue of Tamanend located at the intersection of historic Market Street with Front Street. The statue is located between Old City and Penn's Landing, the riverfront area. The plaque notes that "Tamanend was considered the patron saint of America by the colonists prior to American Independence."

• The prominence on Kittatinny Mountain on the northeast (New Jersey) side of Delaware Water Gap is named Mount Tammany.

• The Gettysburg Battlefield has a statue of Tamanend on a monument to the Tammany Regiment that fought at Gettysburg. During the Civil War, the Tammany Regiment was the nickname of the New York 42nd Infantry.

• The famous "Tecumseh Statue" at the United States Naval Academy faces Tecumseh Court (in front of Bancroft Hall) where the Brigade of Midshipmen forms the daily Noon Meal Formation. The "Tecumseh Statue" is a bronze replica of the figurehead of the USS Delaware. This bust, one of the most famous relics on the campus, is commonly known as Tecumseh. However, when it adorned the American man-of-war, it commemorated not Tecumseh but Tamanend. In times past, the bronze replica was considered a good-luck "mascot" for the midshipmen, who threw pennies at it and offered left-handed salutes whenever they wanted a 'favor', such as a sports win over West Point, or spiritual help for examinations. Today it is used as a morale booster during football weeks and on special occasions when "Tecumseh" is painted in themes to include super heroes, action heroes, humorous figures, a leprechaun (before Saint Patrick's Day) and a naval officer (during Commissioning Week).

• St. Tammany Parish is one of nine Louisiana parishes (counties) named for "saints" and the sole one whose eponym is not a "saint" as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church.