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===Statues=== [[File:George Washington by Frederick Roth, Morristown, NJ.jpg|thumb|[[Equestrian statue of George Washington (Morristown, New Jersey)|''George Washington'']] by [[Frederick Roth]]]] [[File:The Hiker (Kitson) in Morristown New Jersey jeh.jpg|thumb|''[[The Hiker (Kitson)|The Hiker]]'' by [[Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson]]]] * An [[Equestrian statue of George Washington (Morristown, New Jersey)|equestrian statue of George Washington]] by the sculptor [[Frederick Roth]] is located near the [[Ford Mansion]], Washington's Headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780 during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It was dedicated on October 19, 1928, the anniversary of the surrender of British General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Charles Cornwallis]] at [[Siege of Yorktown|Yorktown]] in 1781.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Washington'', (sculpture)|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&index=.NW&term=IAS%20NJ000352|work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=[[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]}}</ref> * A copy of ''[[The Hiker (Kitson)|The Hiker]]'' by [[Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson]], commemorating the soldiers who fought in the [[Spanish–American War]], was installed at the corner of Elm Street and Morris Avenue in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Hiker'', (sculpture)|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&index=.NW&term=IAS%20NJ000510|work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=[[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]}}</ref> * One of only two heroic statues of [[Thomas Paine]] in the United States is located in Morristown; the other is found in [[Bordentown, New Jersey|Bordentown, NJ]].<ref>Bzdak, Meredith Arms; and Petersen, Douglas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=F3DqAAAAMAAJ ''Public sculpture in New Jersey: Monuments to collective identity''], p. 1949. [[Rutgers University Press]], 1999, New Brunswick, N.J. {{ISBN|978-0-8135-2700-0}}. Accessed February 20, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=5176 Thomas Paine Monument Marker], Hmdb.org The Historical Marker Database, February 5, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2015.</ref> * One of the few statues depicting an unblindfolded [[Lady Justice]] adorns the façade of the Courthouse.<ref>[http://www.morristown-nj.org/history.html Virtual Walking Tour of Historic Morristown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914175521/http://www.morristown-nj.org/history.html |date=September 14, 2008 }}, Morristown partnership. Accessed August 4, 2008. "Above the front entrance to the courthouse stands a wooden statue of Justice. She holds a scale to symbolize the balanced judicial system, and a sword to represent the protection of individual rights. Morristown's statue of Justice is unlike most others because she is not blindfolded."</ref> *A statue of [[Morris Frank]], the co-founder of [[The Seeing Eye]] guide dog school for the blind, and his dog Buddy stands in a corner of the green.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carey|first=Bill|date=March 11, 2020|title=Tennessee History: Seeing Eye co-founder and guide dog have Tennessee ties|url=http://www.williamsonherald.com/opinion/columns/tennessee-history-seeing-eye-co-founder-and-guide-dog-have-tennessee-ties/article_8c760c52-63f9-11ea-ac8c-6b73dcef9c50.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318175750/http://www.williamsonherald.com/opinion/columns/tennessee-history-seeing-eye-co-founder-and-guide-dog-have/article_8c760c52-63f9-11ea-ac8c-6b73dcef9c50.html|archive-date=March 18, 2020|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=Williamson Herald|language=en}}</ref> *''The Alliance'' (2007) by Brooklyn's [[StudioEIS|Studio EIS]], featuring bronze figures of [[George Washington]], [[Alexander Hamilton]] and the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]]. The statue is in the Morristown Green.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Coughlin |first=Kevin |title=By George, has someone vandalized Washington's statue on the Green? {{!}} Morristown Green |date=December 27, 2016 |url=https://morristowngreen.com/2016/12/27/by-george-has-someone-vandalized-washingtons-statue-on-the-green/ |access-date=October 28, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":44">Buckeye 1776. "Morristown Green." Wikimapia - Let's Describe the Whole World! June 6, 2010. Web. December 6, 2010. <http://wikimapia.org/102764/Morristown-Green>.</ref>
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