Speaker, I rise today to urge passage of H.R. 965, the Saint-
Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act. Named after the great American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, this
historic site, located in Cornish, New Hampshire, has preserved his
home and working studios since it was established in 1965. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin, Ireland, and immigrated to
America with his parents when he was just 6 months old. It was at a
young age when Augustus developed a strong interest in sculpting, which
set him on a path to Paris and Rome, where he studied art and
architecture and worked on his very first commission. In 1876, Saint-Gaudens was tapped for his first of several prominent
Civil War-related commissions, which include the Standing Lincoln
statue of our 16th President.
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