A statue of Founding Father Caesar Rodney, in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., was initially installed in Wilmington, Delaware, in Rodney Square on July 4, 1923. It was designed by New York sculptor
The statue in 2016
Pedestal after the statue was removed for safe keeping
Postcard of the statue
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Freedom Plaza, originally known as Western Plaza, is an open plaza in Northwest Washington, D.C., United States, located near 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, adjacent to Pershing Park. The pla
Equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney
…A statue of Founding Father Caesar Rodney, in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., was initially installed in Wilmington, Delaware, in Rodney Square on July 4, 1923. It was designed by New York sculptor James…
Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. in 2005
Statues, including Rodney's, installed at the plaza in June 2026
Western Plaza plaque describing the history and features of Plaza and of the L'Enfant Plan. The plaque's engraved illustration identifies the locations of the Plaza's major elements in 2006
Oval containing the title of the L'Enfant Plan followed by the words "By Peter Charles L'Enfant" inlaid in Freedom Plaza in 2006