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Reference book:
'Washington Sculpture'
by James M. Goode

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LOGAN, John A: Memorial on Logan Circle in Washington, D.C.
by Franklin Simmons (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Massachusetts Avenue area (click link for more in that area)

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After serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, Logan was a Union general in the Civil War. After the war he was elected to the U.S. Senate in his home state of Illinois.
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Vice President Chester Arthur administers the senatorial oath to Logan in this relief on the east side of the pedestal.

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Logan leads a council of war in this relief on the west side of the pedestal.

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Peace faces north
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War faces south
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More Info
See
James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 331 Item #8.05; Massachusetts Avenue area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p278 Item #H-6)

Medium: Bronze
Artist: Franklin Simmons (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Civil War; Politicians
Location: P & 13th Sts. NW (RI & Vermont Aves, 13 & P Sts NW) Washington, D.C.
See Massachusetts Avenue area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Shaw-Howard U (Green) (click station name for all pieces nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76008044 (dcMem ID #1782 )

Links & other sources
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Logan (84)
Wikipedia article on Logan
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures Logan statue

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