George Washington Bust - Peoria, Illinois
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Bust of George Washington in Fulton Plaza in downtown Peoria, Illinois is a replica of one on campus of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2011
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The sculpture is a replica of one found campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The bust is on a stone pedestal inscribed:
George Washington
In 1792, during the presidency of Georg Washington, the federal government negotiated the Putman treaty of peace and friendship with the Name American tribes living in the Illinois and Wabash river valleys. Two representatives from Peoria then traveled east with a delegation to deliver the treaty papers to President Washington. One representative was Gomo, a Potawatomi leader who had been raised in the Old Village of Peoria by a French fur trader and farmer. The other was Jean Baptiste Maillet, a French trader and founder of the New Village of Peoria.
The plaque near the sculpture reads:
The George Washington University
Washington D.C.
Presents To The
People Of Peoria
This Replica Of the Sculpture Which Stand On Its Campus
May This Likeness Inspire All Who Pass By To
Honor The Contributions And
Ideals Of It Subject.
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
President, The George Washington University
Given by Alumni And Friends Of
The George Washington University On The
Occasion Of The Creve Coeur Club
100th Washington Day Dinner.
April 8, 1998
"George Washington" Is A Bronze Sculpture
By Avard T. Fairbanks, Ph.D. (1897-1987)
The Congress of the United States
Chartered The George Washington University
On February 9, 1821, During The
Administration of President James Monroe.