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

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ASBURY, Francis: Statue north of Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C.
by Henry Augustus Lukeman
located in James M. Goode's Sixteenth Street area (click link for more in that area)

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FRANCIS ASBURY
1745 -- 1816
PIONEER
METHODIST BISHOP
IN AMERICA

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THE PROPHET
OF THE [LONG] ROAD

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HIS CONTINUOUS JOURNEYING THROUGH CITIES,
VILLAGES AND SETTLEMENTS FROM 1771 TO 1816
GREATLY PROMOTED PATRIOTISM, EDUCATION, MORALITY
AND RELIGION IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC -- ACT OF CONGRESS

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IF YOU SEEK FOR THE RESULTS OF HIS LABOR
YOU WILL FIND THEM
IN OUR CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION

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More Info
See
James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 542 Item #12.15; Sixteenth Street area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p543 Item #L-11)

Medium: Bronze
Artist: Henry Augustus Lukeman
Related subjects: Religion
Location: 16th & Mt Pleasant Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Sixteenth Street area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial (Green) (click station name for all pieces nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000128 (dcMem ID #1822 )

Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C. (L11 / p423)
National Parks Service website on the statues in Rock Creek Park
Wikipedia article on Asbury
The unveiling of the statue (1924 article)
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures Asbury statue

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