Statue of Winston Churchill
The statue of Winston Churchill on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., is a bronze memorial in honor of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The plan to erect a memorial began after Churchill's 89th birthday.Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: portrait sculpture by William M. McVey
- Also known as: “Sir Winston Churchill Statue” and “Winston Churchill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include British Defence Staff – US and Number One Observatory Circle.
British Defence Staff – US
Government office
The British Defence Staff – US, which was previously known as British Joint Staff Mission and British Defence Staff, is the home of the Ministry of Defence in the United States of America and its purpose is to serve the interests of His Majesty's Government in the US.
Number One Observatory Circle
Government office
Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory".
Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden
Memorial
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden is a public garden located at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C., "within a wooded ravine known as Woodland-Normanstone Park".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Massachusetts Avenue Heights and Woodley Park.
Massachusetts Avenue Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Massachusetts Heights is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., dominated by the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. The neighborhood is bounded to the north by Woodley Road, to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue, to the east by 34th Street NW, and to the west by Wisconsin Avenue.
Woodley Park
Suburb
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Woodley Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, Woodley Park hosts a commercial corridor of restaurants and shops located along Connecticut Avenue.
Burleith
Neighborhood
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
Statue of Winston Churchill
- Categories: sculpture and statue
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Statue of Winston Churchill” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “উইনস্টন চার্চিল”
- Cebuano: “Sir Winston Churchill Statue”
- French: “Statue de Winston Churchill”
- French: “Winston Churchill”
- German: “Winston Churchill”
- German: “Winston-Churchill-Statue”
- Spanish: “Estatua de Winston Churchill”
- Spanish: “Winston Churchill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dumbarton Oaks Gardens and Cookes Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden and Normanstone Parkway.
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