Last updated: June 8, 2023
Place
Marconi Memorial
NPS / Claire Hassler
Quick Facts
Location:
Washington, DC
Amenities
3 listed
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Public Transit, Wheelchair Accessible
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was the inventor of the first radio wave communication system. Congress approved legislation for the memorial on April 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 217) and President Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill into law the next day. The monument was erected with funds collected by the Marconi Memorial Foundation.
Cost: $32,555
Dedicated: June 30, 1941
Sculptor: Attilio Piccirilli
Memorial Description
The memorial consists of a branze portrait bust of the Italian inventor. It sits on a double pedestal made of pink granite.
Inscriptions
front
MARCONI / 1874-1937
back
ERECTED BY POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION / AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF WASHINGTON / THE MARCONI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION / 1940
right
A. Piccirilli 1940