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River Horse (statue of a hippopotamus) at George Washington Univ in Washington, D.C.
Address: H & 21st Sts NW Nearest Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU (Orange - Blue)
(dcMem ID #1400)
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GW's River Horse
Legend has it that the Potomac was once home to these wondrous beasts. George & Martha Washington are even said to have watched them cavort in the river shallows from the porch of their beloved Mount Vernon on summer evenings. Credited with enhancing the fertility of the plantation, the Washingtons believed the hippopatamus brought them good luck & children on the estate often attempted to lure the creatures close enough to the shore to touch a nose for good luck.
So, too, may generations of students of the George Washington University.
Art for wisdom,
Science for joy,
Politics for beauty,
And a Hippo for hope.
The George Washington University Class [of ???] August 28, 1996
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