Monument à Thomas Jefferson

Oeuvre du sculpteur Jean Cardot inauguré le 4 juillet 2005

par Monsieur Antony A. Williams Maire de Washington et Monsieur Bertrand Delanoë Maire de Paris

The monument that was placed on the Fourth of July 2006, on the occasion of the 230th Independence Day of the United States, commemorates Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States, who was the third president of the United States, who was also the author of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.

The statue is placed near a place that Jefferson especially loved, where Jefferson is seen holding a feather in one hand and a map of Monticello (Jefferson’s estate in the United States)
The statue made by Jean Cardot was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The following texts appear on the base of the statue:
HOMMAGE A THOMAS JEFFERSON PRESIDENT DES ETATS-UNIS D’AMERIQUE
1801 - 1809.
AMBASSADEUR A PARIS
1785 - 1789

OFFERT A LA VILLE DE PARIS EN SOUVENIR DE DANIEL WILDENSTEIN (1917-2001), MEMBRE DE L’INSTITUT PAR SES FILS ET PAR LA FLORENCE GOULD FOUNDATION, JUILLET 2006

[Translation]
TRIBUTE TO THOMAS JEFFERSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1801 - 1809.
AMBASSADOR IN PARIS
1785 - 1789

PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF PARIS IN MEMORY OF DANIEL WILDENSTEIN (1917-2001), MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE BY HIS SONS AND BY THE FLORENCE GOULD FOUNDATION, JULY 2006
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THOMAS JEFFERSON

1743-1826
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Translation of the text on the sign:
Monument to Thomas Jefferson

Work of the sculptor Jean Cardot inaugurated on July 4, 2005

by Mr. Antony A. Williams Mayor of Washington and Mr. Bertrand Delanoë Mayor of Paris