Russell Alger Memorial Fountain, Memorial fountain and sculpture in Grand Circus Park, Detroit, United States

Russell Alger Memorial Fountain is a Beaux-Arts bronze monument in Grand Circus Park, dedicated on July 27, 1921. A female figure personifying Michigan raises one hand in greeting and holds a sword and a shield with the state crest in shallow relief. The bronze was cast by the Gorham Manufacturing Company; a bas-relief portrait of Alger sits on the granite base, whose lion heads pour water into a surrounding bowl.

Russell Alger (1836–1907) enlisted in the Civil War as a private and left it a general, then served as Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator and Secretary of War. After his death a memorial society of Civil War veterans commissioned the work, dedicated on July 27, 1921. Sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon designed it, and the Gorham Manufacturing Company cast the bronze.

The figure is a personification of Michigan, holding a sword and a shield with the state crest in shallow relief. The monument was commissioned by a memorial society of Civil War veterans who convened after Russell Alger's death in 1907, and it was dedicated on July 27, 1921.

The fountain stands in Grand Circus Park, the wedge-shaped green space between Woodward Avenue and Park Avenue in downtown Detroit. The bronze figure faces outward from the park, so it can be seen from the surrounding sidewalks; the park itself is a public space open to pedestrians.

The bronze was cast by the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and the memorial was dedicated on July 27, 1921. A memorial society of Civil War veterans convened after Alger's death and commissioned the work from sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon.