Show huge washington statue for N Y fair 65 foot memorial will honor his first binau inaugural biral N the largest portrait statue fashioned by mankind in modern times will wil honor george washington when ben the new york worlds fair opens on rz april 30 1939 commemorating the 14 1 1 first presidents inauguration the sculpture shown above in a model by james earle earlc fraser will be 65 feet high including a 15 foot base and will be one of the principal decorative features of the mile long central mall mail the statue depicts washington in civilian clothes as he ws arrived in new york for the inauguration and expresses the he dignity of a man an respected and revered by the k people of his own time A long iong cape V falls to his feet A series of g grass rass plots will lead up to the 15 foot base of the memorial |