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Preceded in death by Parents, Redin Byrd and Elizabeth Surles. Surveyed by and photographs by Harnett County Friends of the Library, Julie & Vernon Gambrell, and others. Location - on Judge Taylor Rd, west of Leland Circle, Buies Creek.Ĭoordinates: 35d 24m 35.4s N 78d 44m 41.3s W Click here for Online Maps Use the following to search across all the cemeteries listed.Įxample: 'Smith, Roger' (yes, use the quotes) Search for: Ed Dwight sculpted the bronze statue in 1990.Index of All Cemeteries Alphabetical Index of All Burials Previous Page Randolph went on to become a key Civil Rights leader, partnering with Martin Luther King Jr to become one of the chief organizers of the 1963 March on Washington. But considering the fact that Randolph (1889-1979) served as president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, one of the first labor unions led by African Americans, it makes perfect sense. It may seem odd that this stately statue was placed at Union Station, in front of a Starbucks and amid the hustle-bustle of Amtrak’s boarding gates. The thick dark lines that striate her face, like pools of black tears, are downright creepy. Just why he chose to memorialize Seward’s adopted daughter is anyone’s guess, especially given the fact that he did the work, fashioned from hammered lead, in 1971, long after her death – with no photos for reference. Sculptor John Cavanaugh decided that statue-less Seward Square, named for William Henry Seward, Lincoln’s secretary of state (best known for the purchase of Alaska, known as ‘Seward’s Folly’), needed a monument. She stands graceful and somewhat obscure in someone’s front yard, just off Seward Square on Capitol Hill. The lead statue of the daughter of Senator Seward is a haunting memorial © Barbara Noe Kennedy / Lonely Planet Olive Risley Seward Where: Just off Seward Park, 6th St and North Carolina Ave SW, Capitol Hill Insider Tip: You’ll also find the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial in the park, DC’s first statue dedicated to an African American woman. Today, some see it as an example of the ultimate failure of Reconstruction. Yes, it was paid for by formerly enslaved people, beginning with a five-dollar donation by the formerly enslaved Charlotte Scott, but the African American figure’s subservient stance reflects the era in which it was created. The former President is holding the Emancipation Proclamation in one hand, lording over a half-dressed formerly enslaved man, his broken chains by his side. Sculpted by Thomas Ball and dedicated in 1876, the towering bronze statue depicts Lincoln as a generous, self-assured leader. Standing in the heart of one of Capitol Hill’s prettiest parks, the Emancipation Memorial was one of the nation’s first memorials to honor Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).

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One of the first statues of Abraham Lincoln, this monument depicts attitudes toward free Blacks in the late 19th century © Barbara Noe Kennedy / Lonely Planet Emancipation Memorial Where: Lincoln Park, Capitol Hill Insider Tip: You’ll find a replica of the statue at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The inspiration derives from James’ travels in Japan, where he stumbled upon the notion of the profound peace of mind that results following Buddhist enlightenment – a unique philosophy during those Gilded Age times. Novelist Henry James commissioned it from esteemed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1886 to memorialize his photographer and socialite wife, Clover Adams (1843-1885), who committed suicide at age 42 by drinking a photography-developing chemical.

It's also known as 'Grief' – and rightly so. Perhaps one of DC’s most chilling statues, this seated, shrouded bronze figure, tucked away behind a ring of tall conifers in Rock Creek Cemetery, captures the complex mingling of grief and serenity upon death. Where: Section E, Lot 202, Rock Creek Cemetery, Petworth They gave their lives that women and children might be saved.’ Every April 15, formally dressed members of the Women's Titanic Society convene here to sip champagne and lay a wreath honoring those who perished that night. Designed by socialite Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (who opened the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC) and unveiled in 1931, it’s dedicated by female survivors ‘to the brave men who perished in the wreck of the Titanic on April 15, 1912.

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The outstretched arms of this red granite figure seem to mimic Rose’s in the movie Titanic, but this statue at Fort McNair’s northernmost tip, overlooking the Washington Channel, was installed long before the 1997 blockbuster hit the silver screen. This striking 1931 monument honors the men who died on the Women's Titanic Memorial Where: Washington Channel Park, Fourth and P Sts SW

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