The last stop on Alex’s school trip to Washington, D.C. was a return to the Statue of Liberty.
Category: Statue / Sculpture
Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.. Its 639 acres are the burial grounds of American military and political figures, including many killed in the nation’s conflicts beginning with the American Civil War and those reinterred from earlier conflicts. The United States Department of the Army, a component of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), manages the cemetery. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is administered by the National Park Service.
Quartermaster General of the Union Army Montgomery C. Meigs so upset with the death of his son buried him on the front lawn of Robert E. Lee’s home so it could never again be used as a residence.
Equestrian Statue of John Dill – Arlington, Virginia
John Dill (1881 – 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War. He played a significant role during the Second World War in the formation of the “Special Relationship” between the United Kingdom and the United States. He is the highest ranking foreign military office buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Herbert Haseltine (1877–1962) was an Italian-born French/American animalier sculptor, most known as an Equestrian sculptor.
Jefferson Memorial – Washington, D.C.
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington’s West Potomac Park is in memory of Thomas Jefferson the principle author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. The Jefferson Memorial features multiple Jefferson quotes designed to capture Jefferson’s ideology and philosophy, known as Jeffersonian democracy, The building is of neo-classical style reminiscent of his own Monticello. The bronze statue statue of Jefferson was developed by sculptor Rudulph Evans.
First glimpse of the memorial from Alex’s tour bus
Statue of Jefferson with the dome
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial – (Washington, D.C.)
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is located in the West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. The memorial’s design and development represents the capstone of a distinguished career for the memorial’s designer, landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. The memorial’s design concept of four outdoor “rooms” and gardens is animated by water, stone, and sculpture. The “rooms” represent Roosevelt’s four terms of office. Sculptures of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and scenes of the great depression are part of the memorial.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Fireside chat
