Trylon of Freedom at the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C. by Carl Paul Jennewein, Justement, Elam & Darby located in James M. Goode's Judiciary Square & East Downtown area

Carl Paul Jennewein, Justement, Elam & Darby (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Judiciary Square & East Downtown area(click link for more in that area)Scroll down for 4 pictures
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With the Blackstone statuein the background (right side of Trylon).
Freedom of press (bottom), speech (middle) & religion (top)

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With the Meade memorialin the background.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
[ed. note: Declaration of Independence]...

We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves & our posterity, do ordain & establish this constitution for the United States of America.
[ed. note: Preamble to the Constitution]

No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without the due process of law.
[ed. note: Article V Bill or Rights]

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Right to trial by jury (bottom), protection against cruel & unusual punishment (middle -- man mediates between prisoner & executioner) & illegal search & seizure (top -- seized goods are scattered on the ground).

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 230 Item #6.02; Judiciary Square & East Downtown area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p222 Item #F-2)
Medium: Granite
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, Justement, Elam & Darby (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology; Courthouses
Location: Constitution Ave. between 3rd & 4th Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Judiciary Square & East Downtown areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial - Penn Quarter(Yellow - Green) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 65020067 (dcMem ID #342 )

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District Court website article including info nearby artworks
Catholic website including info about Trylon

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