Composition for the Axemen is a public artwork by American sculptor Ken Wyten, located at Union Center Plaza at 840 First Street NE in Washington, D.C...

plaster pattern for the sculpture is on display in the main hall of the Canadian Museum of History. On 30 April 1996 Canada Post issued The Spirit of Haida...

Memorial is in Union Square, which also encompasses the Capitol Reflecting Pool. The platform for the Monument, made of Vermont marble, is 252 feet (77 m)...

Virginia-based furniture maker Bassett Furniture. The concept for the chair came from Charles Curtis, of the Curtis Brothers Furniture company, as a clever...

cascade that overlooks the historic park. The fountains are the largest of their kind in the United States. Primarily made of concrete, the water flows from...

facility for homeless men. The statue represents Christ offering to wash the feet of the people of the Adams Morgan neighborhood where the sculpture...

Register of Historic Places. The funding drive for the monument began, according to much-publicized newspaper accounts from the era, with $5 given by former...

Authorized by Congress on April 2, 1956, the American Battle Monuments Commission paid the $400,000 for the park. The sculpture was dedicated in October 1983...

The sculpture was originally supposed to be dedicated in the Spring, however, cold weather prohibited the pouring of concrete for the base of the structure...

The Chess Players is an outdoor 1983 sculpture by Lloyd Lillie, installed in John Marshall Park in Washington, D.C., United States. 1983 in art List of...

Commission gave approval to the monument's design. After raising over US$825,000 for construction and maintenance costs, the groundbreaking ceremony was...

the name given to two monumental equestrian statues created by Michael Lantz for the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington, D.C. under the United...

on dcMemorials Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Modern-day Medici wanted: Vatican looks for Donor for Richard Lippold Sculpture from Collectos...

outside entrance of the building. The griffins each hold an agate egg between their paws, symbolic of the protection of their home. Like the building they were...

sculpture was authorized by the United States Congress on March 3, 1875, and was paid for by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Major General James...

for someone to sit on the bench. Homeless Jesus was designed by Schmalz, a Canadian sculptor and devout Catholic. Schmalz was inspired to create the statue...

The Japanese Lantern is a stone lantern in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. It is located next to the Tidal Basin, among the cherry trees first planted...

FIGHTING FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. MAY THE STATUE OF BERNARDO DE GALVEZ SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT SPAIN OFFERED THE BLOOD OF HER SOLDIERS FOR THE CAUSE OF...

The Lone Sailor, a 1987 bronze sculpture, is a tribute to all the personnel of the sea services. The sculpture was created by Stanley Bleifeld, for the...

a veterans' group for those who served in the Army of the Tennessee, began planning for a memorial to their late commander. At the society's annual meeting...

from the Rhode Island School of Design and his M.F.A. from the University of Maryland in 1981. As a previous faculty member at the Baltimore School for the...

Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of the largest ceremonial arches outside of China. Planning for an archway began in 1984, to be jointly funded...

allocate $10,000 for the installation of the statue, but the bill did not make it past committee meetings, which had already reduced the funding to $7,500...

Hahn, Fritz; Smith, Harrison (May 12, 2017). "These Routes Are Made For Walking". The Washington Post. p. 17. Portals: Chile United States Visual arts v...

officers. The legislation to authorize the memorial was enacted in October 1984. Fifteen national law enforcement organizations were responsible for the passage...

soldier. Excavation for the memorial site took place in the summer of 1899 and on July 4, 1900, the cornerstone was laid. Prior to the cornerstone ceremony...

MORALITY AND RELIGION IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC Act of Congress On the right side of the base it is inscribed: IF YOU SEEK FOR THE RESULTS OF HIS LABOR YOU...

SOCIETY – THE NATURAL PROVIDENCE THE OLD MECHANIC ARTS CONTROLLING NEW FORCES BUILD NEW HIGHWAYS FOR GOODS AND MEN OVERRIDE THE OCEAN AND MAKE THE VERY ETHER...

position for the sun's rays." The small basin serves as the venue for a 20 foot tall water spouting jet. The water then proceeds to spill over the small...

car parts, the same material used for the Optimus Prime and Bumblebee sculptures outside. He commissioned an unnamed artist to create the Transformers...