Andrew Johnson - Rapid City, SD
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Visitors to Rapid City are greeted by the City of Presidents, a series of life-size bronze statues of our nation’s past presidents along the city’s sidewalks.
The project began in 2000 to honor the legacy of the American presidency.
Waymark Code: WMFA6B
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2012
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Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States - 1865-1869
Johnson became president upon Abraham Lincoln's death to a nation that was still essentially divided.
In 1867, Alaska was purchased in what was called "Seward's Folly." The United States purchased the land from Russia for $7.2 million upon Secretary of State William Seward's advice. Even though many saw it as folly at the time, it was truly an amazing investment in that it provided America with gold and oil while increasing the size of the United States drastically and removing Russian influence from the North American continent.
In 1868, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson for dismissing his Secretary of War Stanton against the order of the Tenure of Office Act which had passed in 1867. He became the first president to be impeached while in office.
Johnson is shown with a torn map of the United States in his hands, symbolizing a nation that is still essentially divided. He is standing dressed in period attire.
Location: Corner of St Joseph Street and 6th
Sculptor: James Van Nuys
Visit Instructions:
You must have visited the site in person, not online.