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The Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden is a public garden located at 3100 "Kahlil Gibran, (sculpture)"
''SIRIS'' and a star-shaped fountain surrounded by limestone benches engraved with quotes of Gibran.
The memorial garden was dedicated on May 24, 1991, by President
Khalil Gibran Sculpture, Washington DC
photo by rachaelvoorhees, February 19, 2011
Khalil Gibran Memorial Garden Located at 3100 Mass. Ave, NW
popville.com, November 11, 2009
Larry Luxner, Aramco World 1991 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1991 sculptures Artworks in the collection of the National Park Service Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
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, "within a wooded ravine known as Woodland-Normanstone Park". At its center are a bronze sculpture of the Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran by Gordon Kray
Gordon may refer to:
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''SIRIS'' and a star-shaped fountain surrounded by limestone benches engraved with quotes of Gibran.
The memorial garden was dedicated on May 24, 1991, by President George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
. The fundraising was organized by the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation, formed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth in Bsharri.
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Khalil Gibran Sculpture, Washington DC
photo by rachaelvoorhees, February 19, 2011
Khalil Gibran Memorial Garden Located at 3100 Mass. Ave, NW
popville.com, November 11, 2009
Larry Luxner, Aramco World 1991 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1991 sculptures Artworks in the collection of the National Park Service Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Gibran
Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
Kahlil Gibran
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