The Awakening National Harbor Maryland

The Awakening Sculpture

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(595) · Sculpture/Statue in Oxon Hill, United States
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Jun 15, 2024
This sculpture initially caught me off guard, but once I saw the whole thing and looked up the meaning k was mesmerized!! Beautiful! Full review by MsKiesha
Apr 24, 2024
Very beautiful place. This sculpture is amazing … and gave us many ideas of pictures lol Also loved families and kids around ❤️ Full review by Camper56410524478
Apr 8, 2024
Disclaimer - I haven't actually been to the statue since they moved it from East Potomac Park in DC but it's so worth visiting that I had to write a review (so no, I didn't visit it in '23). I loved… Full review by BarbaraVaBch
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The Awakening (1980) is a 70-foot (21 m) statue of a giant embedded in the earth, struggling to free himself, located at National …
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The Awakening is a 72-foot statue by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. that depicts a giant embedded in the earth, struggling to free himself. It is locat…
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Questions & answers

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For some reason I remember a similar sculpture being in a park called Point defiance. Back in the 80's.
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Know it was moved to this location from somewhere else. There is also one called the Awakening II somewhere.
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Was the awakening sculpter ever located in Washington state or in the state of Colorado? If so which city please?
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O never in Washington State. It was designed & built for Haines Point in DC back in 60-70's
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Where is it?
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The Awakening is currently located on a beach in the National Harbor (it used to be located at Hains Point in Potomac Park). Access National Harbor by automobile or the Water Taxi …
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The Awakening is currently located on a beach in the National Harbor (it used to be located at Hains Point in Potomac Park). Access National Harbor by automobile or the Water Taxi from Old Towne Alexandria. No cost to view.
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