Oscar S Straus Memorial Fountain
The Oscar S. Straus Memorial in Washington, D.C., commemorates the accomplishments of the first Jew to serve in the cabinet of a U.S. president. Oscar Solomon Straus was Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909.
Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Jack Boucher, Public domain.- Park
- Description: artwork by Adolph Alexander Weinman
- Also known as“Oscar Straus Memorial”“Oscar Strauss Memorial”“Strauss Statue”
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Oscar S Straus Memorial Fountain
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Latitude
38.894° or 38° 53′ 38″ north
Longitude
-77.03192° or 77° 1′ 55″ west
Open location code
87C4VXV9+J6
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Oscar S Straus Memorial Fountain” goes by many names.
Oscar S Straus Memorial FountainCebuano
אנדרטת אוסקר שטראוסHebrew
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آسکر اسٹراس میموریلWestern Panjabi
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