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James Cardinal Gibbons

Posted on February 8, 2016October 18, 2019

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…

Edmund Burke

Posted on January 31, 2014October 18, 2019

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…

John Barry

Posted on April 17, 2013October 18, 2019

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…

Robert Emmet

Posted on September 25, 2011October 18, 2019

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 Irish-American societies Dedication:  June 28, 1917 (to the Smithsonian Institute) Re-dedication:  April 22, 1966 (gifted to the National Park Service) During a meeting,…

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