Statue of Tomas Masaryk in Washington DC, Bronze monument at Massachusetts Avenue and 22nd Street NW, United States.
The twelve-foot-tall bronze statue portrays Tomas Masaryk holding a hat and the Declaration of Czech Independence from Austria in Washington DC.
Created by sculptor Vincenc Makovsky in 1937, the statue remained in storage during Nazi invasion and Soviet occupation before installation in 2002.
The monument commemorates the first Czechoslovak president who drafted the Joint Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia and issued it in Washington.
Visitors can find the statue in a triangular park surrounded by Q Street NW, 22nd Street NW, and Massachusetts Avenue at coordinates 38.9112837, -77.0485929.
The sculpture includes inscriptions from the Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence and a speech by George H. W. Bush delivered in Prague in 1990.
Inception: 1937
Creator: Vincenc Makovský
GPS coordinates: 38.91128,-77.04859
Latest update: March 5, 2025 08:02
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