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1925 Providence Memorial designed - indorsed by the Legion Committee but objected to by the State Architects.

1926 Exhibition Durand- Ruel Galeries - Paris

Grand Salon Paris - model of St. Nazaire called "most notable exhibit."

St. Nazaire unveiled June 26th

Mrs Whitney decorated as Knight of Legion of Honor.

Columbus Memorial Fund organized - Mrs Whitney engaged as sculptor. Design and model approved in 1927. Formal contract drawn in 1928.
Fee - $300,000.00
Unveiling April, 1929.
Inscription completed 1933

(1929 Mrs Whitney was made a Fellow of the Prado Museum in Spain - highest honor for an artist in Spain)
Mrs Whitney invited by the Citizen's Committee of the City of New York to enter a competition for Memorial for Union Square Park.

Newspapers announce Mrs Whitney's commission to execute Roosevelt Memorial
Jan. 1927 Trip to Panama to look over sites for proposed Roosevelt Memorial (Jan. 1928)

1927 D.A.R. Memorial design approved- fee $20,000.00
Unveiled April 1929