BYRD, Richard Evelyn: Statue (ca. 1961) on Memorial Drive outside Arlington Nat'l Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia near Washington D.C. by Felix W de Weldon, Albert Peets located in James M. Goode's Virginia Suburbs

Felix W de Weldon, Albert Peets (click name for more of that artist's work)
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RICHARD EVELYN BYRD
REAR ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY
OCTOBER 25, 1888 - MARCH 11, 1957
UPON THE BRIGHT GLOBE HE CARVED HIS SIGNATURE OF COURAGE

ERECTED BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

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FIRST TO FLY OVER THE NORTH POLE 1926

AND THE SOUTH POLE 1920

A PIONEER CONQUEROR OF THE ATLANTIC BY AIR 1927

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RICHARD EVELYN BYRD
AWARDED
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR 1927
NAVY CROSS 1930
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL 1926, 1940
LEGION OF MERIT 1944, 1945
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS 1927
COMMENDATION MEDAL 1944
SILVER LIFE-SAVING MEDAL 1922
MEDAL OF FREEDOM 1957

1928-30 BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION MEDAL 1930
SECOND 1933-35 BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION MEDAL 1936
1939-41 U.S.ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION MEDAL 1945
ETC, ETC

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VALIANT LEADER OF FIVE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS 1928-1957
WHICH REVEALED TH SECRETS OF HALF THE GREAT WHITE CONTINENT

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 680 Item #16.12; Virginia Suburbs);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p195 Item #E-11)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Felix W de Weldon, Albert Peets (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Cemeteries; History, Science
Location: At the approach to Washington, D.C. Suburbs Virginia, Arlington Nat'l Cemetery
See Virginia Suburbsin James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Arlington Cemetery(Blue) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000213 (dcMem ID #5090 )

Links & other sources
Wikipedia article on Byrd
South-pole.com website on Byrd
de Weldon's website

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