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Title: Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments ..
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Moore, Joseph West
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)
Publisher: Providence, J.A. & R.A. Reid
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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tion in one hand, while the other is extended in a protect-ing manner over the crouching form of a negro with his fetters broken— a slave no longer. It is a notable work, and clearly expressive ofthe momentous event in American history which it commemorates.The group was designed by Thomas Ball, and cast in Munich. It istwelve feet in height, and stands upon a granite base which rises tenfeet. The statue weighs 3,000 pounds, and cost $17,000. When itwas unveiled, on April 14, 1S76, there were imposing ceremonies, andthe Hon. Frederick Douglass was the orator of the occasion. Thismemorial was erected from contributions received from the freed peo-ple of the South, the initial contribution, a five-dollar greenback, com-ing from an aged colored woman of Virginia. Northeast of the Capitol, at the intersection of Massachusetts andMaryland avenues, is Greene Square. Here is an equestrian statue ofMaj.-Gen. Nathanael Greene, of the Continental Army. It stands in THE SQUARES AND CIRCLES. 61
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GARFIELD MEMORIAL TABLET IN THE BALTIMORE & POTOMAC R. R. DEPOT. the centre of a plat of three and one-half acres, and is thirty-threeand one-half feet high. It was modeled by H. K. Brown, anderected in 1877 by authority of Congress, and its cost, including thegranite pedestal, was $50,000. General Greene is represented as ifissuing orders on the battle-field. Between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets west, and I and Kstreets north, is Franklin Square and Park, comprising four acresplanted with luxuriant trees and shrubs. The grounds are surroundedby elegant dwellings, and are charming in their arrangement andornamentation. The largest square in the city is Judiciary Square, which containsnineteen acres. It is located between Louisiana Avenue and G Streetnorth, and Fourth and Fifth streets west. It contains the new Pen-sion Building, and the District Court House. In front of the Court 62 PICTURESQUE WASHINGTON. Mouse is a plain marble column, crowned with a full-length statue ofLi

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