Titanic Memorial (Washington, D.C.)

Titanic Memorial (Washington, D.C.)

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location = Water and P Sts., SW, Washington, D.C.
nearest_city = Washington, D.C.
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 52
lat_seconds = 19
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 01
long_seconds = 09.5
long_direction = W
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built = 1931
added = October 12, 2007
architecture=Classical statue
architect=Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and John Horrigan
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The Titanic Memorial is a granite statue in southwest Washington, D.C., that honors the men who died on the RMS "Titanic". The thirteen-foot-tall figure is of a partly clad male figure with arms outstretched. The statue was erected by the Women's Titanic Memorial Association.

The memorial is located on P Street SW next to the Washington Channel near Fort Lesley J. McNair. It was designed by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who won the commission in open competition, and sculpted by John Horrigan. It was unveiled on May 26, 1931, by Helen Herron Taft, the widow of President Taft.

It was originally located on the site where the Kennedy Center now stands. It was moved to its present location in 1972.

A replica of the head of the memorial, carved in marble and exhibited in Paris in 1921, was purchased by the French Government for the Musée du Luxembourg.

In the 1997 film Titanic there is a scene in which Kate Winslet imitates the statue's pose on the bow of the Titanic.

Inscription

TO THE BRAVE MEN
WHO PERISHED
IN THE WRECK
OF THE TITANIC
APRIL 15 1912
THEY GAVE THEIR
LIVES THAT WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
MIGHT BE SAVED

ERECTED BY THE
WOMEN OF AMERICA

External links

* [http://www.glts.org/memorials/dc/womens.html Women's Titanic Memorial] , Great Lakes Titanic Society
* [http://ci.quincy.ma.us/tcpl/htm/quarry/monumen2.htm Carving the Women's Titanic Memorial] , Quincy, Massachusetts Public Library
* [http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item/3038/ Alternate design]
* [http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001104.htm Photographs at dcmemorials.com]


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