BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Thomas Jefferson Memorial

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. JEFF_970103_01.JPG: Jefferson Memorial; statue A view of the Jefferson Memorial statue itself.
2. JEFF_970208_01.JPG: Jefferson Memorial; from the front This is the view from the side away from the Tidal Basin. You can see the statue between the arches. Yep! That's the tip of the Washington Monument just over the roof.
3. JEFF_970208_03.JPG: Jefferson Memorial; Statue and Decl (color) Same picture as JEFF_M04.GIF but this one's in color. Definitely provides a different perspective, doesn't it?
4. JEFF_970208_04.JPG: Jefferson Memorial; statue close-up A close up image of the statue.
5. JEFF_970505_01.JPG: Jefferson Memorial; from across Tidal Basin; nighttime A nighttime view of the Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin. The Memorial was dedicated in 1943 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was designed by John Russell Pope while the bronze statue was done by Rudolph Evans. Unfortunately, bronze was in short supply during World War II so a plastic cast of the statue was used during the dedication, the actual statue not being completed until several years after the war. The site was actually controversial. The cherry blossom trees had been planted here in 1909 and the first Cherry Blossom Festival was held in 1935. The construction of the Jefferson Memorial threatened to cause several of the trees to be destroyed and protesters had chained themselves to trees to prevent this. They had to be reassured that no trees would be destroyed before they left and the necessary trees had to be quietly destroyed as a result.
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Wikipedia Description: Jefferson Memorial
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The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president of the United States. The neoclassical building was designed by John Russell Pope. It was built by Philadelphia contractor John McShain and was completed in 1943. When completed, the memorial occupied one of the last significant sites left in the city.

Composed of circular marble steps, a portico, a circular colonnade of Ionic order columns, and a shallow dome, the building is open to the elements. Pope made references to the Roman Pantheon and Jefferson's own design for the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. It is situated in West Potomac Park, on the shore of the Tidal Basin of the Potomac River. The Jefferson Memorial and the White House located directly north, form one of the main anchor points in the area of the National Mall in D.C. The Washington Monument just east of the axis on the national Mall was intended to be located at the intersection of the White House and the site for the Jefferson Memorial to the south but soft swampy ground which defied nineteenth century engineering required it be sited to the east. The Jefferson Memorial is managed by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks division.

History:

By 1930, there were monuments in Washington D.C. commemorating great United States presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. President Franklin Roosevelt thought that Thomas Jefferson also deserved a monument. On June 26, 1934, following his initiative, Congress passed a resolution to create a monument commemorating Jefferson.

The memorial was designed by John Russell Pope — also the architect of the original (west) building of the National Gallery of Art. The memorial's design reflects characteristics of buildings designed by Jefferson such as Monticello and the Rotun ...More...
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