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Mary McLeod Bethune

Posted on February 27, 2017July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Statue: Mary McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) Location: Lincoln Park, 12th and East Capitol Streets, SE Dedication: July 10, 1974, 10:30am Sculptor: Robert Berks Cost to Taxpayer: $0,…

Guglielmo Marconi

Posted on May 9, 2016July 14, 2024 by dcmemorialist

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.

Tomas Garrigue Masaryk

Posted on March 25, 2016October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

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…

James Cardinal Gibbons

Posted on February 8, 2016October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

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…

National Cherry Blossom Festival

Posted on February 1, 2016October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

This year’s Cherry Blossom Festival begins Sunday, March 20 and runs through April 17. The Cherry Blossom Festival Parade will be help on April 16, from 10AM – Noon. More information…

Octagon House

Posted on December 14, 2015October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

The Octagon house is one of the oldest houses in downtown Washington, D.C. The often and easily overlooked house is a beautifully maintained example of an 18th Century house. The Octagon House,…

Bartholdi Fountain

Posted on February 14, 2015October 18, 2019 by dcmemorialist

Bartholdi‘s Renaissance-style fountain of cast iron was first exhibited at the International Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Congress bought it a year later for $6,000. Its first location was at the…

Kahlil Gibran

Posted on October 14, 2014March 3, 2023 by dcmemorialist

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.

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