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Daniel Webster Memorial

 
 
The Daniel Webster Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
1. The Daniel Webster Memorial
Inscription.
Daniel Webster

"Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable."

Expounder and Defender of the Constitution

Born at Salisbury, N.H., Jan 18, 1772
Died at Marshfield, Mass., Oct 24, 1852

"Our Country, Our Whole Country,
and nothing but Our Country!"

(Given by Stilson Hutchins, a native of N.H.
Dedicated January 18, 1900.
G. Trentanove [sculptor].)

 
Erected 1900 by Stilson Hutchins, a native of New Hampshire.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsWar of 1812War, Mexican-American. A significant historical date for this entry is January 18, 1900.
 
Location. 38° 54.434′ N, 77° 2.237′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Dupont Circle. Marker is at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue Northwest and Rhode Island Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest. The memorial is off Embassy Row (Massachusetts Avenue, near the Australian and Philippine embassies) on an island at the end of N Street Northwest, at Bataan Street Northwest. The statue faces 16th Street Northwest and Scott Circle Park to the east. Touch for map. Marker
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is at or near this postal address: 1301 Bataan Street Northwest, Washington DC 20036, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Old Chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States (within shouting distance of this marker); Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines (within shouting distance of this marker); Winfield Scott (within shouting distance of this marker); Admiral Miguel Grau (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives (about 600 feet away); This House was Occupied by Alexander Graham Bell (about 600 feet away); The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Building (about 600 feet away); Independence of Kazakhstan (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
 
Also see . . .
1. Daniel Webster. Wikipedia biography (Submitted on March 25, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.) 

2. Stilson Hutchins - founder of the Washington Post. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on March 25, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.) 

3. Daniel Webster, Class of 1801, Delivers Famous Senate Speech - 1830. Darthmouth University website entry:
"Liberty and union, one and inseparable, now and forever!" (Submitted on April 14, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Additional keywords.
Daniel Webster Memorial - close-up of fading quotation on upper east face of the statue's base: image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
2. Daniel Webster Memorial - close-up of fading quotation on upper east face of the statue's base:
"Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable."
New Hampshire; Massachusetts; lawyer; Secretary of State; Whig Party; Compromise of 1850; Great Triumvirate; Gaetano Trentanove.
 
Daniel Webster Memorial - bronze bas relief on east face of monument: image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
3. Daniel Webster Memorial - bronze bas relief on east face of monument:
Daniel Webster in Congress - his Second Reply to [Senator Robert Young] Hayne" speech (Jan. 1830)
"... Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable."
Daniel Webster Memorial - inscription on upper north face image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
4. Daniel Webster Memorial - inscription on upper north face
- Expounder and Defender of the Constitution -
Daniel Webster Memorial - inscription on south face image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
5. Daniel Webster Memorial - inscription on south face
"Born at Salisbury, N.H., Jan 18, 1772
- Died at Marshfield, Mass., Oct 24, 1852."
Daniel Webster Memorial - bronze bas relief on west face of monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
6. Daniel Webster Memorial - bronze bas relief on west face of monument
Daniel Webster (in shadow, upper right) speaking at the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, 1825.
Daniel Webster Memorial: close-up of statue by sculptor/engineer Gaetano Trentanove image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
7. Daniel Webster Memorial: close-up of statue by sculptor/engineer Gaetano Trentanove
Daniel Webster Memorial seen from the west - view toward 16th Street and Scott Circle. Inscriptions: image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
8. Daniel Webster Memorial seen from the west - view toward 16th Street and Scott Circle. Inscriptions:
"Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country!"
"Given by Stilson Hutchins, a native of N.H. Dedicated January 18, 1900."
Daniel Webster Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, August 23, 2009
9. Daniel Webster Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,640 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on March 19, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on March 24, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.   8, 9. submitted on March 25, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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