page_title: Charles Willson Peale
section_title: Legacy and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Willson Peale / Legacy and honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Charles Willson Peale's gravestone honoring his service in the Revolutionary War.
context_page_description: Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, and for establishing one of the first museums in the United States.
context_section_description: Three of his sons, Rembrandt Peale, Raphaelle Peale, and Titian Ramsay Peale, became noted artists.
  The World War II cargo Liberty Ship S.S. Charles Willson Peale was named in his honor.
caption: Plaque in front of Peale's gravestone honoring his Revolutionary War service
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