Heald Square Monument

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Heald Square Monument

Artist	Lorado Taft and Leonard Crunelle
Year	1936-1941
Type	Bronze
Location	Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, United States

The Heald Square Monument is a bronze sculpture group by Lorado Taft and Leonard Crunelle in Heald Square, Chicago, Illinois, United States.^[1] It depicts General George Washington himself and the two principal financiers of the patriot cause that took place during the American Revolution: Robert Morris and Haym Salomon, holding hands all together.

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Following Taft's death in 1936, the sculpture was completed by his associates Leonard Crunelle, Nellie Walker and Fred Torrey.^[2]^[1]

Heald Square is located in the Michigan–Wacker Historic District of Chicago's Loop community area. The square was named for Captain Nathan Heald, commander of Fort Dearborn from 1810 to 1812.^[1]

The sculpture was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1971.^[1]

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1 2 3 4 "Heald Square Monument". City of Chicago Dept. of Pl. and Devpmt., Landmarks Div. 2003. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
↑ "SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". si.edu. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

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v t e George Washington
1st President of the United States (1789–1797) Senior Officer of the Army (1798–1799) Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783) Delegate to the Second Continental Congress (1775) Delegate to the First Continental Congress (1774)
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Other U.S. founding events	Initiated, co-wrote, 1769 Virginia Association Initiated, 1774 Fairfax Resolves Continental Association Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture 1785 Mount Vernon Conference Chairman, 1787 Constitutional Convention George Washington's political evolution
Presidency (timeline)	1788–89 United States presidential election First inauguration inaugural bible 1792 presidential election Second inauguration Reception at Trenton Title of "Mr. President" Cabinet of the United States Secretary of State Attorney General Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of War Judiciary Act of 1789 Oath Administration Act Nonintercourse Act Park Watchmen Whiskey Rebellion Militia Acts of 1792 Coinage Act of 1792 United States Mint Presidential Succession Act of 1792 United States Capitol cornerstone laying Proclamation of Neutrality Neutrality Act of 1794 Jay Treaty Pinckney's Treaty Slave Trade Act of 1794 Residence Act Thanksgiving Proclamation Farewell Address State of the Union Address January 1790 December 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 Cabinet Federal judicial appointments John Rutledge Supreme Court nominations
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v t e Robert Morris
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789–1795 Superintendent of Finance of the United States, 1781–1784 Second Continental Congress, 1775–1778
United States Founding events	Financier of the American Revolution Signed, Declaration of Independence Signed, Articles of Confederation Signed, United States Constitution 1776 Model Treaty Committee of Secret Correspondence, Second Continental Congress Chairman, Pennsylvania Committee of Safety U.S. Superintendent of Finance Agent of the Marine Bank of North America Nova Constellatio Philadelphia as U.S. capital city, 1790–1800 Residence Act President's House
Other events	Willing, Morris & Co. (Slavery) Use of the dollar sign Newburgh Conspiracy Empress of China merchant ship Old China Trade Phelps and Gorham Purchase
Life	Early life Summerseat home 1788 U.S. Senate election Panic of 1796–97 Christ Church, Philadelphia, burial site
Legacy	Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania Robert Morris University, Illinois Robert Morris statue, Philadelphia Depicted in The Apotheosis of Washington Heald Square Monument, Chicago Mount Morris, New York village dam Morrisville, Pennsylvania USS Morris Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Related	Thomas Morris (son) Founding Fathers Thomas Willing Haym Salomon Betsy Ross flag USS Alfred

v t e Lorado Taft
Sculptures	LaFayette Fountain Black Hawk Statue Eternal Silence Statue of George Washington Columbus Fountain Fountain of the Great Lakes The Solitude of the Soul The Soldiers' Monument Thatcher Memorial Fountain Fountain of Time The Recording Angel Lincoln the Lawyer The Pioneers Alma Mater Frances Elizabeth Willard The Crusader Heald Square Monument
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