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Scott Circle

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AERIAL VIEW OF RESERVATION NOS. 62, 63, AND 64, LOOKING SOUTHWEST ALONG RHODE ISLAND AVENUE. Scott Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,633 1
AERIAL VIEW OF RESERVATION NOS. 62, 63, AND 64, LOOKING SOUTHWEST ALONG RHODE ISLAND AVENUE. Scott Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,633 1

Scott Circle is an area in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. that is centred on the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, and 16th Street, N.W. Originally a neighbourhood recreational area, unlike Dupont Circle where political demonstrations are sometimes held, Scott has lost all social uses except as the location for public memorials.

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Scott Circle
16th Street Northwest, Washington Dupont Circle

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Lieutenant General Winfield Brevet Scott Statue

16th Street Northwest
20036 Washington, Dupont Circle
District of Columbia, United States
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AERIAL VIEW OF RESERVATION NOS. 62, 63, AND 64, LOOKING SOUTHWEST ALONG RHODE ISLAND AVENUE. Scott Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,633 1
AERIAL VIEW OF RESERVATION NOS. 62, 63, AND 64, LOOKING SOUTHWEST ALONG RHODE ISLAND AVENUE. Scott Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,633 1
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Daniel Webster Memorial
Daniel Webster Memorial

The Daniel Webster Memorial is a monument in Washington, D.C. honoring U.S. statesman Daniel Webster. It is located near Webster's former home at 1603 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, beside Scott Circle at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue. The statue of Webster was given to the United States government by Stilson Hutchins, founder of The Washington Post and a fellow native of New Hampshire. An Act of Congress on July 1, 1898 authorized its erection on public grounds and appropriated $4,000 for a pedestal. The memorial was dedicated on January 19, 1900. On October 12, 2007, the Daniel Webster Memorial was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The memorial is also designated a contributing property to the Sixteenth Street Historic District in 1978.The Daniel Webster Memorial consists of a 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze statue of Webster on an 18-foot (5.5 m) granite pedestal in a sober classical style. The statue was sculpted by Gaetano Trentanove.On the east and west sides of the pedestal are bronze bas-relief panels illustrating events in Webster's life: the Webster–Hayne debate; the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument.The inscription reads: G. Trentanove F. Galli Fuseri, Firenze 1898 Italia (Front of base:) DANIEL WEBSTER LIBERTY AND UNION NOW AND FOREVER ONE AND INSEPARABLE (Proper left bottom:) BORN AT SALISBURY, N.H. JAN 18, 1782 DIED AT MARSHFIELD MASS OCT. 24, 1852 (Bottom rear:) GIVEN BY STILLSON HUTCHINS A NATIVE OF N.H. DEDICATED JAN. 18, 1900 (Rear top:) OUR COUNTRY OUR WHOLE COUNTRY AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY (Proper right, bottom:) EXPOUNDER AND DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION

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