George Washington - New York City, NY
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N 40° 44.124 W 073° 59.441
18T E 585224 N 4509874
This statue of Washington is located at the entrance to Union Square Park in NYC.
Waymark Code: WMCC8Q
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2011
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This 14 foot tall 1856 sculpture by Henry Kirke Brown of George Washington depicts him on horseback, his right arm raised as in a greeting. He has a long sword on his left side. The horse's front left hoof is raised...but, despite the belief that raised hooves were symbolic of how the rider died, this Wikipedia article indicates that belief is inaccurate: (
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The Smithsonian Inventory (
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"This piece was funded by a group of New York businessmen, each of whom subscribed 500 dollars."