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Winston Churchill is a portrait sculpture by William M. McVey. It is constructed of cast bronze.
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History
It was unveiled by Dean Rusk, on 9 April 1966.
A model is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The accompanying plaque notes that one of Churchill's feet is on American soil and one on British Embassy grounds, symbolizing his dual British-American ancestry and his work towards the maintenance of the Anglo-American alliance.
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References
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External links
- Virtual Globe Trotting
- CHURCHILL, Winston: Statue at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., DC Memorials
- Waymarking
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