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1. BUTT_080902_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2008_DC_Butt DC -- Ellipse -- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (4 photos from 2008)
2. BUTT_061208_05.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2006_DC_Butt DC -- Ellipse -- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (1 photo from 2006)
3. BUTT_050914_01.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2005_DC_Butt DC -- Ellipse -- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (2 photos from 2005)
  Butt-Millet Fountain: This fountain was erected with the contributions of friends of Major Archibald Wallingham Butt and Francis Davis Millet, who lost their lives on the RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. Both men were widely known in Washington's cultural, social and political circles. Millet's work as a decorative artist includes the murals in the Baltimore Customs House, Trinity Church of Boston, and the Capitol Buildings of Minnesota and Wisconsin. His paintings are found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Tate Gallery in London. Major Archibald Butt served as an aide to President Theodore Roosevelt, and when William Howard Taft became President in 1908, Major Butt continued in the job. Taft had become extremely unpopular while president, and toward the end of this term Roosevelt was thinking about running for president again. Major Butt was torn between his loyalty to these two men and requested leave of absence to travel to Europe and relax before being drawn into the upcoming presidential campaign. When the Titanic struck an iceberg, Major Butt stepped into a commanding role, calming hysteria, and assisting women to the lifeboats. President Taft was the main speaker at a memorial service for his good friend, attended by several thousand people. The eight-foot-high fountain is composed of a marble shaft of simple neo-classical design rising from an octagonal basin of Tennessee marble. On the south side appears a military figure with sword and shield representing military valor and Major Butt. On the north side is a relief panel containing the figure of an artist with palette and brush representing art and Francis Millet. This memorial stands on Ellipse, just south of the west area of the White House where Major Butt had his office. The above was from the White House site.
4. BUTT_040629_03.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2004_DC_Butt DC -- Ellipse -- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (2 photos from 2004)
  A memorial to two people who died on the Titanic
5. BUTT_031030_10.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2003_DC_Butt DC -- Ellipse -- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (1 photo from 2003)
  The memorial in front is to two businessmen who died in the sinking of the Titanic.
6. BUTT_990216_02.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1999_DC_Butt DC -- Ellipse -- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (7 photos from 1999)
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Wikipedia Description: Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain
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The Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain is a memorial fountain located in the President's Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Dedicated in October 1913, it commemorates the deaths of Archibald Butt (the military aide to President William Howard Taft) and Francis Davis Millet (a journalist and painter, and Butt's close friend and housemate). Both men died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.

Genesis of the memorial fountain

Archibald Butt was a Captain in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps who had served in The Philippines from 1898 to 1904; Washington, D.C., from 1904 to 1906, and Cuba from 1906 to 1908. Theodore Roosevelt had become acquainted with Butt's logistics and animal husbandry work in the Philippines and was impressed by his hard work and thoughtfulness. Taft had served as chair of the Second Philippine Commission (the body which was organizing a civilian government in the country in the wake of the Spanish-American War and the first battles of the Philippine–American War) from 1900 to 1901 and as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1901 to 1904. Taft knew Butt well from their time together overseas. Roosevelt asked Butt to serve as his military aide in April 1908. When Taft became president in March 1909, he asked Butt to stay on as military aide. Butt proved to have strong negotiating skills and a good head for numbers, which enabled him to become Taft's de facto chief negotiator on federal budget issues. In 1911, Butt was promoted to the rank of major.

Butt lived in a large mansion at 2000 G Street NW (now demolished). Since about 1910, Butt and Millet had lived together in the house. (Millet's wife, Lily, resided in the Millet home in Italy.) "Millet, my artist friend who lives with me" was Butt's designation for his companion. They were known for throwing spartan but large parties that were attended by members of Congress, justices o ...More...
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