To Commemorate 2nd Anniversary of D.C.’s Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiling, Tomorrow, Norton Introduces Bill to Place Pierre L’Enfant Statue in U.S. Capitol (Eleanor Holmes Norton)

(Source: Eleanor Holmes Norton) D.C.'s 2nd Statue in U.S. Capitol Would Make it Equal to the States WASHINGTON, D.C.-Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to permanently place a statue depicting Pierre L'Enfant, a District of Columbia citizen and designer of the city's master plan, in the U.S. Capitol. In response to a D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) competition for D.C. statues in the Capitol in 2006, D.C. residents chose L'Enfant as one of the top ten Americans who have given distinguished service to the District. The DCCAH selection committee then chose L'Enfant as the second statue representing the...