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The
bronze statue of Union Army general George Henry Thomas in
Thomas Circle is considered one of the finest
equestrian monuments in
Washington, D.C.
[1]
There are many outdoor sculptures in
Washington, D.C. In addition to the capital's most famous
monuments and
memorials , many figures recognized as national heroes (either in government or military) have been posthumously awarded with his or her own statue in a park or public square. Some figures appear on several statues:
Abraham Lincoln , for example, has at least three likenesses, including those at the
Lincoln Memorial , in
Lincoln Park , and the old Superior Court of the District of Columbia. A number of international figures, such as
Mohandas Gandhi , have also been immortalized with statues. The
Statue of Freedom is a 19½-foot (5.9 m) tall allegorical statue that rests atop the
United States Capitol dome.
In addition to the human likenesses, a number of public and private sculptures of animals, objects, and abstractions are spread throughout the city. Two museums on the
National Mall include sculpture gardens: the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the
National Gallery of Art .
Statues of historical figures
Archer Alexander at
Lincoln Park
Dante Alighieri in
Meridian Hill Park
José Artigas at
18th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW
Francis Asbury at
16th and Mount Pleasant Streets NW
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at the
Turkish Embassy , 2525
Massachusetts Avenue NW
Marion Barry in front of the
John A. Wilson Building , 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
John Barry at
Franklin Square
Saint Bernadette at the
Franciscan Monastery at 14th and Quincy Streets NE
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial at
Lincoln Park
Sir William Blackstone at Third Street and
Constitution Avenue NW
Equestrian of Simón Bolívar at 18th and C Streets and Virginia Avenue NW
Simon Bolivar, Libertador at the
Organization of American States , 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Chuck Brown Memorial at Langdon Park, 2900 block of 23rd Street NE
James Buchanan at
Meridian Hill Park
Edmund Burke at 11th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
John Carroll at 38th and Q Streets NW
Saint Christopher at the Franciscan Monastery at 14th and Quincy Streets NE
Winston Churchill at the
British Embassy , 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Christopher Columbus at Holy Rosary Church, 595 Third Street NW
Columbus Statue at
Columbus Circle
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz at the
Organization of American States , 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Louis Daguerre at Seventh and F Streets NW
Jane Delano at 18th and E Streets NW
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William O. Douglas at 30th and Canal Streets NW
Albert Einstein at the
Albert Einstein Memorial , 21st Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Duke Ellington at T Street and
Florida Avenue NW
Robert Emmet at 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
John Ericsson at
Ohio Drive and
Independence Avenue SW
David G. Farragut at
Farragut Square NW
Saint Francis of Assisi at the Franciscan Monastery at 14th and Quincy Streets NE
Benjamin Franklin at 11th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Albert Gallatin at the U.S. Treasury Building's North Portico
Edward Miner Gallaudet at
Gallaudet University
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet at
Gallaudet University
Bernardo de Gálvez at 22nd Street and Virginia Avenue NW
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at 21st and Q Streets and Massachusetts Avenue NW
James A. Garfield at
Garfield Circle
Cardinal
James Gibbons at 16th Street and Park Road NW
Gibran Khalil Gibran on Massachusetts Ave NW
Josh Gibson at
Nationals Park
Samuel Gompers at 10th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
Ulysses S. Grant on the
National Mall
Nathanael Greene in
Stanton Park NE
Théodore Guérin on the grounds of the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
[2]
Samuel Hahnemann at 16th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
Nathan Hale at Ninth Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Alexander Hamilton at the U.S. Treasury Building's South Portico
Winfield Scott Hancock at
Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Joseph Henry at 10th Street and Jefferson Drive NW
Frank Howard at Nationals Park
Cordell Hull at the
Organization of American States , 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Queen Isabella of Spain at the
Organization of American States , 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Andrew Jackson at
Lafayette Square NW
Philip Jaisohn at the Korean Consulate on
Sheridan Circle
Thomas Jefferson at the
Jefferson Memorial
Saint Jerome at the Croatian Embassy, 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
Joan of Arc in Meridian Hill Park
Pope John Paul II at the
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center , 3900 Harewood Road NE
Walter Johnson at Nationals Park
John Paul Jones at the
John Paul Jones Memorial at 17th Street and Independence Avenue SW
Benito Juárez at
Virginia and
New Hampshire Avenues NW
Francis Scott Key at 36th and
M Street NW
Martin Luther King Jr. at the
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in
West Potomac Park , adjacent to the
National Mall
Tadeusz Kościuszko at
Lafayette Square NW
Michael Kováts de Fabricy at the Hungarian Embassy, 3910 Shoemaker Street NW
Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette at
Lafayette Square NW
Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial
Abraham Lincoln at
Lincoln Park
Abraham Lincoln at Fourth and D Streets NW
Abraham Lincoln at
President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home at Upshur Street and Rock Creek Church Road NW
Major General John A. Logan at
Logan Circle NW
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at M Street and
Connecticut Avenue NW
Martin Luther at 14th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
Nelson Mandela at the
Embassy of South Africa
Guglielmo Marconi at 16th and Lamont Streets NW
John Marshall at Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Crown Princess Märtha ,
Norwegian Embassy
[2]
Mary, Protector of Faith on the grounds of the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
[2]
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk at 22nd Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
George Mason at the
George Mason Memorial in East Potomac Park
George B. McClellan at Connecticut Avenue and Columbia Road NW
James B. McPherson at McPherson Square NW
George Meade at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Saint Michael at the Franciscan Monastery at 14th and Quincy Streets NE
Peter Muhlenberg at Muhlenberg Park, Connecticut Avenue and Ellicott Street NW
Pablo Neruda at the
Organization of American States , 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Teresa de la Parra at the
Organization of American States , 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
John Pershing at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Albert Pike at Third and D Streets NW
Count Casimir Pulaski at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Alexander Pushkin at 22nd and
H Streets NW
John A. Rawlins at 18th and E Streets NW
Comte Jean de Rochambeau at
Lafayette Square NW
Eleanor Roosevelt in Room 4 of the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Eleanor Roosevelt at the
Washington National Cathedral , Massachusetts and
Wisconsin Avenues NW
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Room 1 of the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Room 3 of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt on
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Father Godfrey Schilling at the Franciscan Monastery at 14th and Quincy Streets NE
Winfield Scott at
Scott Circle NW
Olive Risley Seward at Sixth Street and North Carolina Avenue NE
Alexander Robey Shepherd at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Philip Sheridan at
Sheridan Circle NW
William Tecumseh Sherman at 15th and E Streets NW
Taras Shevchenko at 22nd and P Streets NW
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben at
Lafayette Square NW
Robert A. Taft at the
Robert A. Taft Memorial , 1st Street and Constitution Avenue NW
George Henry Thomas at
Thomas Circle NW
José Cecilio del Valle at the
Organization of American States , 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Artemas Ward at
Ward Circle NW
George Washington at
Washington Circle NW
George Washington at 20th and H Street NW
George Washington at the
Washington National Cathedral , Cathedral Drive and
Wisconsin Avenue NW
Daniel Webster Memorial at 16th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
John Wesley at
Wesley Theological Seminary , 4500 Massachusetts NW
John Witherspoon at N Street and Connecticut Avenue NW
Carter G. Woodson at 9th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW
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Other outdoor sculpture in D.C.
Fountain in Dupont Circle
See also
References
James M. Goode, The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C. (1974)
Washington D.C. Memorials , a directory of memorials, monuments, statues & other outdoor art in Washington, D.C.
External links
Memorials Other Parks and plazas Boundaries Nearby landmarks Planned Canceled Related
Other works
Architectural sculpture Fountains