Daniel Webster Monument

Daniel Webster Monument

Quick Facts

Location:

Washington, DC

Amenities

2 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Public Transit

Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was a lawyer and Whig party statesman who served as secretary of state for presidents John Tyler, William Henry Harrison, and Millard Fillmore. Previously he served as congressman first for New Hampshire, then congressman and senator for Massachusetts (1845-50). Webster's fame as an orator is captured in a stirring bas relief on the memorial's plinth.

Sculptor: Gaetano Trentanove

Inscriptions

front pedestal, above relief
Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable
Back pedestal, beneath relief
Given by Stilson Hutchins
A Native of N.H.
Dedicated Jan. 18, 1900
back pedestal, above relief
Our Country
Our Whole Country
And Nothing But
Our Country
right pedestal
Expounder
And Defender
Of the
Constitution
left pedestal
Born at Salisbury, N.H.
Jan. 18, 1782.
Died at
Marshfield, Mass.
Oct 24, 1852