George Washington #1
by Christy Saunders Church
Title
George Washington #1
Artist
Christy Saunders Church
Medium
Drawing - Pen And Ink Sketch
Description
A pen and ink sketch of the George Washington statue located on Wall Street in New York City. This is where one of our founding fathers of the United States swore in as our first president with his hand on an open Bible. Washington gave his earnest prayer for divine guidance and church bells rang in celebration of our new nation.
Most tourists in Lower Manhattan are too preoccupied with the Charging Bull or Battery Park to recognize the “birthplace of American government” just around the corner. For anyone curious about the statue of George Washington guarding 26 Wall Street, we have a history lesson for you.
Before the current structure standing at 26 Wall Street was constructed, a building erected in 1703 for an important purpose occupied the space. Here, New York City’s first City Hall hosted several momentous firsts, including the formation of the first Congress, Supreme Court, and Executive Branch, the enactment of the Bill of Rights, and the inauguration of the country’s first president, George Washington. It was on the balcony of the original Greek Revival structure—renamed Federal Hall in 1789 when it became the capitol building of the newly formed United States—that Washington was sworn in as the first-ever President of the United States.
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July 2nd, 2013
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