John Edgar Hoover, former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is buried in Congressional Cemetery near his family’s plot at site R20/117. He died on May 2, 1972. There is a fence and a bench that carry the FBI seal that were donated by former FBI agents. J. Edgar Hoover was born on New…
Category: Statues
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,…
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…
Geo Washington Statue at the National Cathedral
Statue: George Washington Equestrian Statue Location: At the entrance to the Olmsted Woods Walk; at the bottom of the Pilgrim Steps Sculptor: Herbert HaseltineUnveiling: February 22, 1959 Cost: Gift. Donated by James Sheldon On the anniversary of his birthday, George Washington was honored at the National Cathedral with the dedication of an equestrian statue. The…
John Barry
Statue: John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) Location: 14th Street, NW, Franklin Square Park (west side) Sculptor: John J. Boyle, New York Unveiling: May 16, 1914 Cost to taxpayers: $50,000 The idea of erecting a statue of Commodore Barry was first suggested by Archbishop Ireland (his name) during a banquet of the…
William Blackstone
Statue: Sir William Blackstone, English jurist (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) Location: 3rd and Pennsylvania, NW Sculptor: Paul Wayland Bartlett Unveiling: 1943, Cast in bronze: 1926 Dedication: none Cost to taxpayers: $10,000, ABA members raised $50,000 for the statue The statue of Sir William Blackstone is tucked in between the E. Barrett Prettyman…