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EMMET, Robert: Statue near Sheridan Circle in Washington, D.C.
by Jerome Connor
Bronze by Jerome Connor
Address: Massachusetts Ave. & 24th Nearest Metro: Dupont Circle (Red)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 08580256 (dcMem ID #1558)
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ROBERT EMMET
IRISH PATRIOT
1778 - 1803
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THE EMMET STATUE COMMITTEE
HON. VICTOR J. DOWNLING CHAIRMAN
PRESENTED THIS STATUE TO THE
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AS A
GIFT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ON JUNE 28, 1917 IN THE PRESENCE
OF PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
ERECTED ON THIS SITE ON
APRIL 22, 1966 IN RECOGNITION
OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
PROCLAMATION OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE
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I WISHED TO PROCURE FOR MY
COUNTRY THE GUARANTEE WHICH
WASHINGTON PROCURED FOR AMERICA
I HAVE PARTED FROM EVERYTHING
THAT WAS DEAR TO ME IN THIS LIFE
FOR MY COUNTRY'S CAUSE
WHEN MY COUNTRY TAKES HER
PLACE AMONG THE NATIONS OF THE
EARTH, THEN, AND NOT TILL THEN
LET MY EPITAPH BE WRITTEN
EXTRACTS FROM EMMET'S SPEECH
FROM THE DOCK SEPTEMBER 19, 1803
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The Names of Washington D.C. (p109)
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'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Emmet (76)
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