The James Buchanan Memorial is a bronze, granite, and concrete memorial in the southeast corner of Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., that honors U.S. President James Buchanan. It was designed by architect William Gorden Beecher, and sculpted by Maryland artist Hans Schuler. The memorial was commissioned in 1916, but not approved by the U.S. Congress until 1918. The memorial features a statue of Buchanan bookended by male and female classical figures representing law and diplomacy, engraved with text from a member of Buchanan's cabinet, Jeremiah S. Black: "The incorruptible statesman whose walk was upon the mountain ranges of the law."
James Buchanan Memorial in 2012
Harriet Lane bequeathed funds to erect the memorial of her uncle
The memorial's dedication ceremony
James Buchanan Memorial in 2009
Meridian Hill Park is an urban park in Washington, D.C., located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood that straddles the border between Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights, in Northwest D.C. The park was built between 1912-40 and covers 12-acre (49,000 m2). Meridian Hill Park is bordered by 15th, 16th, W, and Euclid streets NW, and sits on a prominent hill 1.5 miles (2.4 km) directly north of the White House. Since 1969, the name Malcolm X Park is used by some in honor of Malcolm X.
The Cascading Waterfall, built in 1936 by sculptor John Joseph Earley
Mary Foote Henderson developed Meridian Hill Park and the surrounding area as part of a plan to make the area fashionable for embassies and mansions.
Meridian Hill Park, c. 1914-36
Joan of Arc equestrian statue, a 1922 recast of Paul Dubois, was given to the women of America by the Society of French Women in 1923.