George Washington, Bronze statue in the University District, Seattle, United States

George Washington is a bronze sculpture by Lorado Taft on the University of Washington campus in Seattle's University District. The standing figure faces west toward The Brothers of the Olympic Mountains, set a short distance west of Red Square on a 24-foot pedestal designed by Taft in 1908.

Lorado Taft's bronze was dedicated on Flag Day, June 14, 1909, during the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition on the University of Washington campus. Taft had designed a 24-foot pedestal in 1908, but funding fell short, so the permanent base was only built by the Works Progress Administration and installed in August 1938.

The bronze was dedicated on Flag Day, June 14, 1909, during the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition on the University of Washington campus. In August 2020, UW Black Lives Matter staged a month-long protest, spray-painting the statue daily, and a petition with over 3,000 signatures sought its replacement with a Black Power fist.

The bronze stands on a 24-foot pedestal a short distance west of Red Square, facing west toward The Brothers of the Olympic Mountains. It is on open, walkable campus ground at the University of Washington in Seattle's University District, so it can be viewed at any hour from the surrounding path.

The statue was dedicated on Flag Day, June 14, 1909, during the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, but its 24-foot pedestal, designed by Taft in 1908, went unfunded until the Works Progress Administration built it in August 1938. The bronze faces west toward The Brothers of the Olympic Mountains, a short distance west of Red Square.