BURKE, Edmund: Statue near Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C. by J Harvard Thomas

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BURKE, Edmund: Statue near Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C. by J Harvard Thomas

This bronze statue of Edmund Burke by J. Harvard Thomas stands near Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C. It is a replica of a work in Bristol, England, gifted to the United States in 1922 by Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield. The statue honors Burke's legacy as a political thinker and advocate for magnanimity in politics.