Statue of William Jennings Bryan explained
William Jennings Bryan is a bronze sculpture depicting the American politician of the same name by Rudulph Evans, which was installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of Nebraska in 1937.[1]
In 2019, a statue of Standing Bear replaced the statue of Bryan in the Statuary Hall.[2] [3] The Bryan statue was relocated to the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward, Nebraska.[4]
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Notes and References
- Web site: William Jennings Bryan . . October 6, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404033655/https://www.aoc.gov/art/national-statuary-hall-collection/william-jennings-bryan . 2019-04-04.
- News: Brockell . Gillian . The civil rights leader 'almost nobody knows about' gets a statue in the U.S. Capitol . . October 3, 2019 . September 20, 2019 . en . November 25, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125015859/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/20/civil-rights-leader-almost-nobody-knows-about-gets-statue-us-capitol/ . live .
- Web site: Standing Bear Statue in U.S. Capitol for Nebraska . . December 12, 2019 . December 12, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191212201019/https://www.aoc.gov/art/national-statuary-hall-collection/standing-bear . live .
- Web site: Statue finds new home in Nebraska National Guard Museum . Crawford . Lisa . October 18, 2019 . US Army . June 7, 2020 . December 25, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191225103848/https://www.army.mil/article/228695/statue_finds_new_home_in_nebraska_national_guard_museum . live .
