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State of Louisiana

Stone of white marble

Name: Louisiana Level: 40-ft. Donor: State of Louisiana Dates: 1850s/1887 Original material: marble Dimensions: 2' x 3' 11" Sculptor/Carver: not known Original inscription: The State of Louisiana. Ever Faithful to the Con-sti-tution and the Union. Documented material history: • 1850s: “. . . A block of Penn. marble has been furnished as a substitute [for the original] and the inscription and device copied from the former, with a little variation at the monument.” [RW] • 1880: “White Marble in Lapidarium” [CG] • 1887: “The contract for the insertion of the Marble was awarded January 2, 1887 to Burns & Sons of Washington, D.C. . . . This was mentioned in the Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 22, 50th Congress, January 4, 1888. . . . June 20, 1884 Dr. D.S. Waddell in a letter gave notice that he will introduce in the Legislature a bill to substitute a block of Marble. . . .” [MR]

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Washington Monument, District of Columbia , District of Columbia
Latitude: 38.8886985778809, Longitude: -77.0354995727539

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