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TAFT, Robert A Memorial & Carillon (ca. 1959) in Washington, D.C.
by Wheeler Williams, Douglas W Orr (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area (click link for more in that area)
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Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft political family of Ohio, was a Republican United States Senator and as a prominent conservative spokesman was the leading opponent of the New Deal in the Senate from 1939 to 1953. He led the successful effort by the Conservative coalition to curb legal favoritism for labor unions but failed in his quest to win the Presidential nomination of the candidate of the Republican Party in 1940, 1948 and 1952. Source: Wikipedia
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THIS MEMORIAL TO
ROBERT A TAFT
PRESENTED BY THE
PEOPLE TO THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES
STANDS AS A TRIBUTE
TO THE HONESTY
INDOMITABLE COURAGE
AND HIGH PRINCIPLES OF
FREE GOVERNMENT
SYMBOLIZED BY HIS LIFE
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IF WE WISH TO MAKE DEMOCRACY PERMANENT IN THIS COUNTRY LET US ABIDE BY THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN IN THE CONSTITUTION LET US SEE THAT THE STATE IS THE SERVANT OF ITS PEOPLE AND THAT THE PEOPLE ARE NOT THE SERVANTS OF THE STATE 0000001/00110_0000000930.jpg |
LIBERTY HAS BEEN THE KEY TO OUR PROGRESS IN THE PAST AND IS THE KEY TO OUR PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN PRESERVE LIBERTY IN ALL ITS ESSENTIALS THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 0000001/00110_0000000940.jpg |
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 18 Item #1.05; Capitol Hill area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p48 Item #A-4)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Wheeler Williams, Douglas W Orr (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Politicians
Location: Between Constitution, New Jersey & Louisiana Ave NW Washington, D.C. U.S. Capitol grounds
See Capitol Hill area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Union Station (Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76008428 (dcMem ID #110 )
Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C. (p137)
Architect of the Capitol website on the Taft memorial
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Taft (9)
Wikipedia article on Taft
AskArt on Williams
Senate website on Taft
Biographical Directory of Congress on Taft
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