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Re: Looking for Einstein sculpture in downtown DC

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1992 14:54
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In article <18254@muffin.cme.nist.gov> libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes) writes:
>A couple of years ago, I came across a rather peculiar sculpture of
>Einstein in a small grotto-like park.  I believe it was somewhere
>between the Watergate and the Ellipse but I don't remember exactly
>where.  Does anyone?  I looked through some guidebooks and couldn't
>find it - is there a list of DC statuary in some museum or other
>office somewhere?

I believe that's the Einstein memorial at NSF headquarters (22nd &
Constitution) on the side facing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  He's
seated outdoors in a typically frumpy position and facing a round
starfield set into the ground (which, I am told, is the appearance of
the night sky over his birthplace at the time of his birth).

-dave

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