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The Washington, DC area is home to several monuments and memorials to the victims of the Titanic disaster. Of these, the Women’s Titanic Memorial, now located at the foot of P Street, SW in Washington Channel Park, is probably the best known. Funds for the memorial were raised largely through individual one dollar donations from more than 25,000 women of America to honor those men who had lost their lives in the sinking. Although authorized by Congress in 1917 and completed in 1918, the monument was not erected until 1930, due to protracted delays in developing the preferred site in Rock Creek Park. Originally located along the Potomac River at the foot of New Hampshire Avenue, the monument was dismantled in January 1966 to make way for the new John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The memorial was stored briefly at Fort Washington, Maryland, before being re-erected at its current location. |
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| 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 |
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| ERECTED BY THE WOMEN OF AMERICA |
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| [ inscription at base of sculpture ] | ||||
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| Originally dedicated on May 26, 1931, at the foot of New Hampshire Ave. in Rock Creek Park along the Potomac River, the monument was removed in 1966 to accommodate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. |
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| The memorial was re-erected without ceremony in 1968 on the south Washington waterfront outside Fort McNair in Washington Channel Park at Fourth and P Streets, SW. |
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| Inscriptions on the back and side of monument. The sculpture, designed by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sits atop the center of a 30-foot exedra designed by noted architect Henry Bacon, who also designed the Lincoln Memorial. |
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| The carving of the thirteen-foot high statue was done by John Horrigan in Quincy, Massachusetts, from a single piece of red granite furnished from Westerly, RI, by the Henry C. Smalley Granite Co. Mr. Horrigan is seen working near the right shoulder of the sculpture. |
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Location of the Women’s Titanic Memorial
Washington Channel Park at Fourth and P Streets, SW, Washington, DC |
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