Nov

Pres. George Washington Looks Down on the Celebration of Joe Biden’s & Kamala Harris’ Election! ~ ~ ~Hermon MacNeil’s Sculpture is Behind This Scene.

By Dan Leininger, Webmaster

Hermon A. MacNeil’s statue of

General George Washington

(on the reverse of this historic Arch)

stands above this

“Victory Celebration.”

Spontaneous crowds are celebrating the

ELECTION of 46^th PRESIDENT of the United States,

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

(The “Everyday JOE” candidate.)

& Kamala Harris

the first Woman Vice President

daughter of an Asian Indian Mother and a Jamacian Father,

Joyous New Yorkers flocked to the historic Washington Arch to dance and shout as Joe Biden was declared the next President-elect after four days of ballot counting.

It’s An American National Block Party

Behind the scenes MacNeil’s likeness of General Washington guarded the rear flanks of the rally

MacNeil’s statue portrays General George Washington in the uniform of the Continental Army of 1775. Also, on the back of the Arch is Alexander Sterling Calder’s accompanying statue of President Washington as 1^st President and the first civilian Commander-in-Chief.

Celebrating Americans seem relieved that new leadership will deal with the following stresses of 2020:

Political Vitriol
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
Weaponized Decision Folly

In June 2020 Vandals tossed

red paint

this MacNeil work

Both statues of George Washington suffered “red paint” vandalism during earlier demonstrations on June 29, 2020.

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Photo Credit: NY Post – Stephan Jeremiah

The accompanying “George Washington as President” statue by Alexander Sterling Calder was also damaged. They have since been cleaned. However, such vandalism takes a toll on these century old marble art monuments.