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Washington (George Washington Monument)

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Washington (George Washington Monument)

George Washington is a 1900 outdoor bronze equestrian statue by the American sculptors Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter located in the center of the Place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The statue of George Washington was sculpted by French and the horse by Potter.

It was dedicated on July 3, 1900, 125 years after General Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on July 3, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War. A gift from the women of America, the statue was presented to the city by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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