West side of the George Henry Thomas statue

There are many outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. In addition to the capital's most famous monuments and

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, many figures recognized as national heroes (either in government or military) have been posthumously awarded with their own statue in a park or public square. Some figures appear on several statues:

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...

, for example, has at least three likenesses, including those at the

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, in Lincoln Park, and the old Superior Court of the District of Columbia. A number of international figures, such as

Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ...

, have also been immortalized with statues. The '' Statue of Freedom'' is a 19½-foot (5.9 m) tall allegorical statue that rests atop the

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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

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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 Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called ...

in Meridian Hill Park * José Artigas at 18th Street and

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NW *

Francis Asbury Francis Asbury (August 20 or 21, 1745 – March 31, 1816) was a British-American Methodist minister who became one of the first two bishop (Methodist), bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the col ...

at 16th and Mount Pleasant Streets NW *

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

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

NW * '' Equestrian of Simón Bolívar'' at 18th and C Streets and Virginia Avenue NW * '' Simon Bolivar, Libertador'' at the

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, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Chuck Brown Memorial at Langdon Park, 2900 block of 23rd Street NE *

James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the United States Secretary of State, secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvan ...

at Meridian Hill Park *

Edmund Burke Edmund Burke (; 12 January ew Style, NS1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish Politician, statesman, journalist, writer, literary critic, philosopher, and parliamentary orator who is regarded as the founder of the Social philosophy, soc ...

at 11th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW * ''John Carroll'' at 38th and Q Streets NW *

Saint Christopher Saint Christopher (, , ; ) is venerated by several Christian denominations. According to these traditions, he was a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman Empire, Roman emperor Decius (), or alternatively under the emperor Maximin ...

at the Franciscan Monastery at 14th and Quincy Streets NE *

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

at the British Embassy, 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW *

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed Voyages of Christopher Columbus, four Spanish-based voyages across the At ...

at Holy Rosary Church, 595 Third Street NW * Columbus Statue at

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* Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz at the

, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Louis Daguerre at Seventh and F Streets NW * Jane Delano at 18th and E Streets NW * William O. Douglas at 30th and Canal Streets NW *

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (14 March 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence f ...

at the Albert Einstein Memorial, 21st Street and Constitution Avenue NW *

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

at T Street and Florida Avenue NW * Robert Emmet at 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW *

John Ericsson John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor. He was active in England and the United States. Ericsson collaborated on the design of the railroad steam locomotive Novelty (lo ...

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 Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and Political philosophy, political philosopher.#britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the m ...

at 11th Street and

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NW * Albert Gallatin at the U.S. Treasury Building's North Portico * Edward Miner Gallaudet at

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Fitch Cogswell, Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the Education of the Deaf, educatio ...

Bernardo de Gálvez Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Count of Gálvez (23 July 1746 – 30 November 1786) was a Spanish military leader and government official who served as colonial governor of Spanish Louisiana and Cuba, and later as Viceroy of New S ...

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

Nathanael Greene Major general (United States), Major General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He emerge ...

in Stanton Park NE * Théodore Guérin on the grounds of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception * Samuel Hahnemann at 16th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW * Nathan Hale at Ninth Street and Constitution Avenue NW *

Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 dur ...

at the U.S. Treasury Building's South Portico * Winfield Scott Hancock at Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW *

Joseph Henry Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797– May 13, 1878) was an American physicist and inventor who served as the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the secretary for the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor ...

at 10th Street and Jefferson Drive NW * Frank Howard at Nationals Park * Cordell Hull at the

, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Queen Isabella of Spain at the

, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW *

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before Presidency of Andrew Jackson, his presidency, he rose to fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses ...

at Lafayette Square NW * Philip Jaisohn at the Korean Consulate on Sheridan Circle *

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (, 1743July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the United States Declaration of Indepe ...

at the Jefferson Memorial *

Saint Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known for his translation of the Bible ...

at the Croatian Embassy, 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW *

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...

in Meridian Hill Park *

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, 3900 Harewood Road NE *

Walter Johnson Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "the Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and Manager (baseball), manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Ba ...

at Nationals Park *

John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regard ...

at the John Paul Jones Memorial at 17th Street and Independence Avenue SW * Benito Juárez at

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and

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s 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

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and ...

at Lafayette Square NW * Michael Kováts de Fabricy at the Hungarian Embassy, 3910 Shoemaker Street NW * Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette at Lafayette Square NW *

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 Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...

at 14th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW *

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa f ...

at the Embassy of South Africa *

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi ( ; ; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegraphy, wireless tel ...

at 16th and Lamont Streets NW *

John Marshall John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remai ...

at Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Crown Princess Märtha, Norwegian Embassy * Mary, Protector of Faith on the grounds of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception *

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš () is a Czech name, Czech and Slovak name, Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas (name), Thomas. Tomáš is also a surname (feminine: Tomášová). Notable people with the name include: Given name Sport *Tomáš Berdych (born 198 ...

at 22nd Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW * George Mason at the George Mason Memorial in East Potomac Park *

George B. McClellan George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 186 ...

at Connecticut Avenue and Columbia Road NW * Major General James B. McPherson (statue), James B. McPherson at McPherson Square NW * George Gordon Meade Memorial, George Meade at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW * Saint Michael at the Franciscan Monastery at 14th and Quincy Streets NE * Peter Muhlenberg Memorial, Peter Muhlenberg at Muhlenberg Park, Connecticut Avenue and Ellicott Street NW * Pablo Neruda at the

, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Teresa de la Parra at the

, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Pershing Park, John Pershing at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW * Albert Pike at Third and D Streets NW * Kazimierz Pułaski, Count Casimir Pulaski at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW * Alexander Pushkin at 22nd and H Street (Washington, D.C.), H Streets NW * John A. Rawlins at 18th and E Streets NW * Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 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 * Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott, 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 * Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan (Washington, D.C.), Philip Sheridan at Sheridan Circle NW * General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument, William Tecumseh Sherman at 15th and E Streets NW * Taras Shevchenko Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Taras Shevchenko at 22nd and P Streets NW * Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben at Lafayette Square NW * Robert A. Taft at the Robert A. Taft Memorial, 1st Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Major General George Henry Thomas, George Henry Thomas at Thomas Circle NW * José Cecilio del Valle at the

, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW * Statue of Artemas Ward, Artemas Ward at Ward Circle NW * Equestrian statue of George Washington (Washington Circle), 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

Other outdoor sculpture in D.C.

* Boy Scout Memorial on the Ellipse * ''The Burghers of Calais'' by Auguste Rodin at The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden * American Civil War, Civil War Nurses (aka ''Nuns of the Battlefield'') at M Street and Rhode Island Avenue (Washington, D.C.), Rhode Island Avenue NW * ''Crouching Woman'' by Rodin at The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden * Dupont Circle Fountain at Dupont Circle NW * First Division Monument at State Place and 17th Street NW * ''The Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution'' at 18th and C Streets NW * ''Heritage'' and ''Guardianship'' by James Earle Fraser (sculptor), James Earle Fraser at the National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives Building on Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets NW * (Here I Stand) In the Spirit of Paul Robeson at Georgia and Kansas avenues NW in Petworth. * Holodomor Genocide Memorial, Washington, DC, Holodomor Memorial at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Streets NW * ''Man Controlling Trade'' by Michael Lantz at Federal Trade Commission headquarters at Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Streets NW * Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain at Constitution Ave & Pennsylvania Ave. * The Court of Neptune Fountain by Roland Hinton Perry in front of the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building on 1st Street SE * Peace Monument in Peace Circle on the Capitol Grounds, at Pennsylvania Avenue and 1st Street NW * American Red Cross, Red Cross Men and Women Killed in Service Memorial in garden of Red Cross National Headquarters, 1730 E Street NW * Second Division Memorial at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW * ''She Who Must Be Obeyed (sculpture), She Who Must Be Obeyed'' by Tony Smith (sculptor), Tony Smith at the Frances Perkins Building * ''The Spirit of Haida Gwaii'' by Bill Reid at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, Canadian Embassy * ''Three Soldiers (statue), Three Soldiers'' by Frederick Hart (sculptor), Frederick Hart at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Constitution Gardens on Constitution Avenue NW * ''Transformers (sculptures), Transformers'' by an unknown artist stands in front of a house on Prospect Street NW in Georgetown * Women's Titanic Memorial, 5th & P Street SW * Freedom to Read, by Davide Prete, 5001 Central Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20019 (Capitol View Library) * Soundwave Art Park, by Davide Prete & Justin Wilson, 3390 Minnesota Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20019

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

* {{Public art in Washington, D.C. Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C.,

Statues of historical figures

Other outdoor sculpture in D.C.

See also

References

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