George Washington - Kansas City, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 05.067 W 094° 34.921
15S E 363169 N 4327339
Moved in 1987 from one side of the park to another
Waymark Code: WMMGKY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2014
Views: 7
County of statue: Jackson County
Location of statue: Grand Blvd. & Pershing Rd., Washington Square Park, Kansas City
Formerly located Washington Square Park, Pershing Road at Main Street
Replica of New York Washington Statue
Sculptor: Henry Merwin Shrady (1871-1922)
Founder: Roman Bronze Works
Dedicated: November 11, 1925; Rededicated: November 11, 1932; Relocated 1987
Text on Base:
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One Hundred and Nine
Thousand Citizens Gave
This Statue To Their City
Dedicated
Armistice Day, 1925.
Rededicated
Armistice Day, 1932.
The Two Hundredth
Anniversary Year of the
Birth of George Washington.
Proper Description: "Figure of George Washington astride his horse, in the winter cold of Valley Forge. Washington is heavily draped and wears a hat. He holds the reins of his horse in his proper left hand. The horse's head is lowered. The sculpture is installed atop a rectangular base with a thirty-one inch bench area running around the bottom." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum