Rhode Island Statue
Rhode Island
"Roger Williams statue, Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.I." Detroit Publishing Co. Between 1900 and 1910. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, Library of Congress. ... [Read More]
Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island, Arrived in Boston
This statue of Roger Williams memorializes him in Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island ... CREDIT: Detroit Publishing Co. "Roger Williams Statue, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island." Detroit Publishing Company between 1900 and 1910. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, Library of Congress. ... [Read More]
Kids in the House - Field Trip!
Each state is allowed to have 2 statues in the Capitol? Yep. It is up to the state to decide which statue they would like to be placed in the National Statuary Hall Collection. ... There are a few rules for statues, however. The statues must be: ... Today, the National Statuary Hall Collection consists of 99 statues. New Mexico is eligible to contribute 1 more. ... [Read More]
National Statuary Hall
In time, there came to be almost a forest of statues of every size in the Hall, and in the early 1930s, engineers discovered that their enormous weight was endangering the structure of the floor, the Hall being in one of the oldest parts of the building. In 1933, provision was made for relocation of as many statues as necessary to relieve pressure on the foundation. ... This proposal was enacted into the law creating the National Statuary Hall, July 2, 1864. A statue of Rhode Island's fighting general of the Revolution, Nathanael Greene, was the first to be placed in the Hall. ... [Read More]
Child Advocate Handbook
The Child Advocate’s Office : established by statue to protect the civil, legal and special rights of all children involved with DCYF. The chief purpose of the OCA is to monitor DCYF and its operations. Its mission is to ensure that DCYF offers the children adequate protection and quality services, while according the children respect for their individual rights and dignity. ... [Read More]
U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin was one of three former vice presidents who was alive in 1886 when the U.S. Senate passed a resolution establishing a Vice Presidential Bust Collection for display in the Senate Chamber. The Joint Committee on the Library subsequently asked each of these three men to designate a sculptor, and Hamlin selected Maine native Franklin Simmons. Although Simmons’s studio was in Rome, the sculptor agreed to model Hamlin from life in Maine. Simmons’s departure for the United States was delayed, however, while he worked on a statue of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for the city of Portland, Maine. After finally holding sittings with Hamlin in 1888, Simmons finished the marble bust by May of 1889. It was placed in the U.S. Capitol in August of the following year. A replica, also executed by Simmons, is now at Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine. ... [Read More]
State Children's Health Insurance Program
The program, known as Medicaid, became law in 1965 as a jointly funded cooperative venture between the Federal and state governments to assist states in the provision of adequate medical care to eligible needy persons. Medicaid is the largest program providing medical and health related services to America's poorest people. The Federal statue identifies over 25 different eligibility categories for which Federal funds are available. These statutory categories can be classified into five broad coverage groups: children, pregnant women, and adults in families with dependent children; individuals with disabilities, and individuals 65 and over. Read more about Medicaid ... [Read More]
Get On The Bus
All Buses will board in front of the Frank Rizzo statue, outside the Municipal Services Building located at 1401 JFK Boulevard. Buses will begin boarding at 11:45am and depart promptly at 12 noon ... [Read More]
Dupont Circle Historic District
In 1871 the Corps of Engineers began construction of Dupont Circle itself which at the time was called Pacific Circle. In 1882 Congress authorized a memorial statue of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis duPont in recognition of his Civil War service. The bronze statue was erected in 1884. In 1921 the statue of Dupont was replaced by a double-tiered white marble fountain. It was designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon. Three classical figures, symbolizing the Sea, the Stars and the Wind are carved on the fountain's central shaft. ... [Read More]
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