A statue for Louis Jacque Daguerre, for whom the daguerreotype is named, was first proposed in January 1890 by the Photographer Association of America. The Association requested the memorial be erected in the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institute and permission was given by then Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley.
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Taras Shevchenko
Memorial: Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, (Ukrainian) 1814 – 1861 Sculptor: Leo Mol, Ukranian-born Location: triangle park – P Street, between 22nd and 23rd Streets, NW Unveiling: June 27, 1964, 1 p.m. Cost: $250,000…
Robert Emmet
Robert Emmet (Irish): 4 March 1778 – 20 September 1803 Location: triangle park, Massachusetts Ave, 24nd Street, and S Streets, NW Sculptor: Jerome Connor, Washington, D.C. Cost: paid for by subscriptions to…
McClellan Statue
General George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) Location: Connecticut Avenue, NW, at California Street and Columbia Road Sculptor: Frederick MacMonnies, New York Unveiling: Thursday, May 2, 1907 Cost:…
A Midsommer Night’s Dreame
One of many, this bas relief is on the north wall of the Folger Shakespeare Library depicting a scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Longfellow statue
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: 1807 – 1882 Location: triangle park at Connecticut Avenue, 18th Street, and M Street, NW Sculptor: William Couper, New York Dedication: May 7, 1909, 2:30pm Cost: $29,000. Congress contributed…
Count Rochambeau
Count Jean Baptiste Rochambeau (b. Vendome, France; 1725–1807) Location: Southwest corner of President’s Park Sculptor: M. Ferdinand Hamar, Vendome, France Architect: L. Parent Unveiling: May 24, 1902 at 11am Cost: $42,500 The…
World Cup Soccer
When the United States hosted the World Cup in 1994, RFK Stadium hosted 4 divisional games and 1 Round of 16 game on July 2, 1994 between Spain and Switzerland.