Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Civic Art Program, 2015.
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(On proper right of sculpture's plinth:) COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL BY HOUDON IN THE/STATE CAPITOL AT RICHMOND BY SPECIAL PERMISSION/OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA (On front of sculpture's plinth:) GEORGE WASHINGTON (On front of pedestal:) GEORGE WASHINGTON (Below, on plaque on front of pedestal:) THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF/SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED MOVING/THIS STATUE TO THE CIVIC CENTER/MALL WHERE IT WAS REDEDICATED/DURING A PROGRAM SPONSORED BY/THE CALIFORNIA STATE SOCIETY,/CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/FEBRUARY 22, 1961
(On plaque on back of pedestal:) THE/AMERICAN CREED/I BELIEVE IN THE/UNITED STATES./AS A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE...(followed by 15 lines of text) (On plaque on proper right:) PRESIDENT, 1789-1797/"FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE/AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS/OF HIS COUNTRYMEN"/RELOCATED AND REDEDICATED BY/ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS/COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES/JULY 4, 1947 (On plaque on proper left:) PRESENTED BY/THE CITIZENS OF/LOS ANGELES SCHOOL CHILDREN/WOMEN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE/AUXILIARY OF THE LOS ANGELES/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/FEBRUARY 22, 1933
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Summary:
Full-length bronze figure of George Washington dressed in military uniform. To his proper left is a column of thirteen rods, resembling a Roman fasces, which rests on the mold board of a plow. A cloak is thrown on top of this column, and Washington's proper left hand rests on this. In his proper right hand he holds a walking cane, the tip of which rests on the plinth of the sculpture. Washington is bareheaded and gazes forward. The sculpture stands on a granite base.
