The memorial was installed at Sixteenth and Lamont Streets NW in July 1941. The memorial was a gift to American and was paid for by the Marconi Memorial Foundation.
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Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
Statue: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, March 7, 1850 – September 14, 1937 Location: triangle park at Massachusetts and 22nd Street, NW Dedication Ceremony: November 2002 Completion Ceremony: March 8, 2003, 2pm Sculptor: Vincene Makovsky, Czech Cost: $0, $757,000 for the American Friends of the Czech Republic The Masaryk statue was a gift to the United States…
James Cardinal Gibbons
Memorial: James Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) Unveiling: August 14, 1932, 3:30 p.m. Location: Sixteen Street and Park Road, NW Sculptor: Leo Lentelli Cost: No cost to the United States, donated by the Knights of Columbus The unveiling coincided with the golden jubilee convention of the Knights of Columbus, who gave dedicated…
Kahlil Gibran
The memorial to the Kahlil Gibran, who wrote “The Prophet” in 1923, was conceived of by Sheryl Dekour Ameen and is the first monument to an Arab-American on federal land in Washington.
Edmund Burke
Statue: Edmund Burke, January 12, 1729, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Died: July 9, 1797, Beaconsfield, UK Location: Massachusetts Avenue between 11th and 10th Streets, NW Dedication: 3:00 p.m., October 12, 1922 Sculptor: James Havard Thomas (recast from Bristol, England statue) Architect: Horace Peasley, Washington, DC Cost to Taxpayers: $0, gift of the Sulgrave Institution Edmund…
Simon Bolivar
Statue: Simon Bolivar, South American Liberator, July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830 Location: 18th and C Street and Virginia Avenue, NW (Bolivar Park) Sculptor: Felix W. de Weldon, Washington, D.C. Dedication: February 28, 1959 Cost to taxpayers: $0 In 1955 a resolution was passed in the Senate authorizing acceptance of a statue to Simon Bolivar,…
J. J. Darlington Memorial and Fountain
This little statue to a prominent Washington attorney by a prominent sculptor caused quite a stir when it was unveiled. There is very little written about the inception of this memorial, but it only took 3 years to erect — practically a record in terms of memorial placement.
Sarah Louise Rittenhouse
Statue: Sarah Louise Rittenhouse SundialLocation: Montrose Park, R Street near 31st, NW (Georgetown)Dedication: November 9, 1956Cost: Donated. Funds raised by Georgetown Garden Club At the entrance to Montrose Park there is a statue with a sundial placed in tribute to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse. The sundial was dedicated on November 9, 1956. Montrose Park and the…