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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street NW/SW, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol. [3]
Most well-known presidential memorials, such as the Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, have a physical element. There are also official presidential memorials that have a living element with only a minor physical presence. An example of a presidential living memorial is the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The Jackson Monument and White House in the 1890s. The statue was dedicated on January 8, 1853, the 38th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, with procession from Judiciary Square followed by an address delivered by Senator Stephen A. Douglas to a crowd of 20,000 people, including President Fillmore, Major General Winfield Scott, members of his cabinet and of Congress, the monument ...
The monument as part of the neo-classical New York State Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. The sculpture was commissioned by the Roosevelt Memorial Association in the 1930s after Fraser had delivered his design for the Arts of Peace memorial in Washington D.C., which at the time was also in competition with this memorial as the chosen location.
Bust of President John F. Kennedy Boston, Massachusetts. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Felix de Weldon The John F. Kennedy Bust Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 1971 Robert Berks: John F. Kennedy Statue New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland: 2008 Ann Meldon Hugh Statue of President John F. Kennedy
Jefferson Memorial's exterior Jefferson Memorial's interior. The Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, a central intellectual force behind the American Revolution, a founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, and the nation's third president.
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