WITHERSPOON, John: Memorial (ca. 1909) near DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C. by William Couper located in James M. Goode's Connecticut Avenue area

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1722
SCOTLAND
JOHN WITHERSPOON
PRINCETON
1794

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SIGNER OF
THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE

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"FOR MY OWN PART, OF PROPERTY
I HAVE SOME, OF REPUTATION MORE
THAT REPUTATION IS STAKED,
THAT PROPERTY IS PLEDGED ON
THE ISSUE OF THIS CONTEST; AND
ALTHOUGH THESE GRAY HAIRS MUST
SOON DESCEND INTO THE SEPULCHRE,
I WOULD INFINITELY RATHER
THAT THEY DESCEND THITHER BY
THE HAND OF THE EXECUTIONER
THAN DESERT AT THIS CRISIS THE
SACRED CAUSE OF MY COUNTRY."

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 76 Item #2.05; Connecticut Avenue area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p104 Item #B-4)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: William Couper(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Religion; Revolutionary War
Location: N St & Connecticut Ave. Washington, D.C.
See Connecticut Avenue areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Dupont Circle(Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76005546 (dcMem ID #1640 )

Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C.(p138)
Empire Contact (blogger)
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Witherspoon(81)
Wikipedia article on Witherspoon
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures on Witherspoon statue

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