Martin Levine

Martin Levine
Professor

Federal Hall, 2019, Lithograph, 12 x 8 1/2″

During a time in history when we are questioning monuments of our former heros, founding fathers, military leaders, contributors in the sciences, literature, and the arts, etc., this is a statute of George Washington who was inaugurated as the first President of the United States on April 30, 1789, at Federal Hall, NYC, then the nation’s capitol.  Washington owned slaves, but provided for their emancipation after his death, which reflected his changing attitude toward enslavement. Now in light of Black Lives Matter, do we reevaluate his overall standing as an important and great leader and the “father of our country”?