Summary
Edward J. Kelly Park is a park located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The park is located at the southeast corner of Virginia Avenue and 21st Street NW.
| Edward J. Kelly Park | |
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 Discus Thrower statue in the park, 2009 | |
  Location within Washington, D.C.  Edward J. Kelly Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′41″N 77°02′46″W / 38.8947°N 77.0461°W |
Description and history edit
On January 17, 1959, Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton named the park after Edward J. Kelly, former superintendent of National Capital Parks.[1] Kelly had died on December 9, 1958.[1]
The park is the site of the bronze sculpture Discus Thrower, a replica of the ancient statue Discobolus. Since the mid-1970s, the Federal Reserve maintains a public tennis court in the park, and frequent patrols of the park are conducted by the Federal Reserve Police.[2]
Rally edit
In April 2011, without a continuing budget passed by Congress, 800,000 federal employees seemed to be soon on unpaid furlough during an imminent shutdown.[3] A group of federal employees, many from the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, gathered at a rally to protest the imminent furloughs.[3] The rally was organized by the American Foreign Service Association.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Park Named for Edward J. Kelly". The Washington Post. January 18, 1959. p. B2.
- ^ QE Anyone? Inside the Fed’s Little Known Tennis Court; The Wall Street Journal; by Kristina Peterson; 22 June 2012
- ^ a b Rein, Lisa; Davidson, Joe; Ruane, Michael E. "Sorting out who gets to keep working". The Washington Post. April 8, 2011. p. A4.
- ^ Losey, Stephen (April 8, 2011). "Feds sing National Anthem at anti-shutdown rally". Federal Times. OCLC 1569042. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2012.