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{{Short description|Sculpture by Lorado Taft}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox sculpture
 | image  = File:Heald Square Monument 2019.jpg
 | title  = Heald Square Monument
 | artist = [[Lorado Taft]] and [[Leonard Crunelle]]
 | year   = 1936-1941
 | type   = [[Bronze]]
 | height_metric = 
 | city   = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
 | museum = [[Wacker Drive]]
}}

The '''''Heald Square Monument''''' is a bronze sculpture group by [[Lorado Taft]] in [[Heald Square]], [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref name=CL>{{cite web|url=http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1323|title=Heald Square Monument|publisher=City of Chicago Dept. of Pl. and Devpmt., Landmarks Div.|year=2003|access-date=May 22, 2007}}</ref> It depicts General [[George Washington]] and the two principal financiers of the [[American Revolution]]: [[Robert Morris (merchant)|Robert Morris]] and [[Haym Salomon]]. Following Taft's 1936 death, the sculpture was completed by his associates [[Leonard Crunelle]],<ref name=CL/> [[Nellie Walker]] and [[Fred Torrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1GI9589767B69.2252&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!202858~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Walker%2C+Nellie+Verne%2C+1874-1973%2C+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR|title=SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|work=si.edu|access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref>

Heald Square is located in the [[Michigan–Wacker Historic District]] of Chicago's [[Chicago Loop|Loop]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]]. The square was named for Captain [[Nathan Heald]], commander of [[Fort Dearborn]] from 1810 to 1812.<ref name=CL/>

The sculpture was designated a [[Chicago Landmark]] on September 15, 1971.<ref name=CL />

==See also==
* [[List of public art in Chicago]]
* [[List of statues of George Washington]]
* [[List of sculptures of presidents of the United States]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Heald Square Monument}}

{{Chicago Landmark memorials and monuments}}
{{George Washington}}
{{Robert Morris}}
{{Lorado Taft}}
{{Public art in Chicago}}
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[[Category:1941 sculptures]]
[[Category:Bronze sculptures in Illinois]]
[[Category:Statues of George Washington]]
[[Category:Chicago Landmarks]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Chicago]]
[[Category:Sculptures by Lorado Taft]]
[[Category:Statues in Chicago]]
[[Category:Sculptures of men in Illinois]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to George Washington in the United States]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to United States Founding Fathers]]

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