C-SPAN • 1月 28, 2011William McVey sculpted this nine-foot statue of Winston Churchill. One bronze foot is planted on British soil and the other on American. Watch this video for more info.
Ghosts of DC • 1月 27, 2012Did you know the statue was a gift from France? And that President Harding was present at the dedication in Jan of 1922? Read up on it on our blog.
DC Preservation League • 8月 5, 2011The elaborate memorial to the German physican Samuel Hahnemann, was erecred in 1900. Collaborative work of sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus and architect Julius F. Harden.
ᴡᴡᴡ.Bob.pwho.ru E. • 4月 21, 2018Uniqueness of this large sculpture constructed from hundreds of small interlocking pieces of wood.
DC Preservation League • 7月 26, 2011The standing bronze statue is raised on a tall granite pedestal with bronze relief panels depicting two of Webster's speeches. The sculptor was Gaetano Trentanove; the architect is unknown.
Ben F. • 7月 11, 2012Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, he was the only active clergyman and the only college president (College of New Jersey, now Princeton) to sign the document.
Ben F. • 7月 12, 2012Washington was not titled with the rank of "Lieutenant General" during the Revolutionary War, but only later in the Quasi-War of 1798.
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