Meridian Hill Park
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Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X 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. T
Cascading Waterfall, by sculptor John Joseph Earley, is a central feature of the park.
Soldiers from the 7th New York Militia Regiment at Camp Cameron in 1861
Mary Foote Henderson was instrumental in the park's creation.
Homes on the present-day northern edge of the park that were demolished in the 1910s via eminent domain
Joan of Arc is a 1922 cast of the 1896 statue sculpted by French artist Paul Dubois. It is located in the center of the grand terrace at Meridian Hill Park, an urban park in Washington, D.C., United S
Meridian Hill Park
…in 1923, that portion was opened to the public. The first public artworks in the park were installed in the 1920s: the Dante Alighieri statue, the Joan of Arc equestrian statue, and the Serenity sculpture. The Meridian marker installed in 1804 was removed when 16th Street NW was widened. It was relocated to…
Statue in 2024
Joan of Arc depicted in 1506 by artist Jean Pichore in the manuscript The Lives of Famous Women.
Dedication ceremony in 1922
The statue in 2010 missing the sword