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Women’s History Month DC Memorials

Posted on March 13, 2019July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Celebrating Women’s History Month with a listing of a few statues in Washington, D.C., dedicated to women.

Black History Month, DC Memorials

Posted on February 22, 2019July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Celebrate Black History Month in DC by learning about a few statues and memorials dedicated to famous African-Americans.

Hahnemann Memorial

Posted on July 2, 2018February 24, 2023 by dcmemorialist

Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German physician, known for creating the system of alternative medicine called homeopathy. He died in 1843 in Paris, at 88 years of age, and is entombed in a mausoleum at Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery.

John Saul

Posted on June 12, 2018October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

Memorial:John Saul Location: E Street NW, northeast area of the Ellipse John Saul was born in Lismore County, Ireland, December 25, 1819. He was educated in landscape gardening, and managed large nurseries…

Lobsterman

Posted on June 28, 2017July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Statue: Maine LobstermanLocation: Southwest waterfrontPlacement: 1983Sculptor: Victor KahillCost to Taxpayers: $0, $30,000 raised by Camp Fire Girls of Cundys Harbor, Maine A bronze statue of a Maine lobsterman is located on Maine…

Benjamin Franklin

Posted on June 14, 2017July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Statue: Benjamin Franklin Location: 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Dedication: January 17, 1889, 10:00 AM Designer: Ernst Plassman, New York City Sculptor: Jacques Jouvenal Designer of the Pedestal: J.F. Manning, Washington,…

John Marshall

Posted on May 4, 2017July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Statue: John Marshall (1755 – 1835), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Location: John Marshall Park, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Dedication: May 10, 1884, original statue…

John Ericsson

Posted on March 28, 2017July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Statue: John Ericsson Location: West Potomac Park, 23rd Street and Ohio Drive, SW Sculptor: James Earle Fraser Dedication: May 29, 1926 Cost to Taxpayer: $35,000 One year after the death of John…

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