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Georgetown Univ: KEY, Francis Scott: Statue in Washington, D.C.
located in James M. Goode's Wisconsin Avenue area (click link for more in that area)
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Photos courtesy of the National Park Service.
Submitted by Ronda Bernstein on behalf of the NPS.
Thanks Ronda!
As works of the federal gov't they are in the public domain. (6/17/2007)
Bust is a primary design feature of the park commemorating Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner.
In 1986 Congress authorized the foundation to erect a memorial on public grounds. Park was dedicated
on 9/14/1993, the anniversary of the firing on Fort McHenry.
A bronze bust of Francis Scott Key on a granite pillar. The bust is approx. 2' tall on a 4' tall base.
The face of the bust looks slightly toward his proper left. Park is situated at the foot of the Key Bridge
in Georgetown.
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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 585 Item #14.06; Wisconsin Avenue area)
Related subjects: History, American; Writers, Scholars, Inventors, Educators, Artists; Francis Scott Key
Location: M & 36th Sts (Key Bridge over the Potomac) Washington, D.C. Georgetown Univ
See Wisconsin Avenue area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU (Orange - Blue) (click station name for all pieces nearby) (dcMem ID #1450 )
Links & other sources
Empire Contact (blogger)
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Key (60)
Wikipedia article on Key
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