Rutherford B. Hayes
Comes Home
Help Bring Delaware's Native Son Home!
Help Bring Delaware's Native Son Home!
A project to bring appropriate recognition to, and educate the community about, the 19th President of the United States and Delaware's native son, Rutherford B. Hayes.
A project to bring appropriate recognition to, and educate the community about, the 19th President of the United States and Delaware's native son, Rutherford B. Hayes.
Alan Cottrill, sculptor
"To perpetuate the Union and to abolish slavery were the work of war. To educate the uneducated is the appropriate work of peace."
"To perpetuate the Union and to abolish slavery were the work of war. To educate the uneducated is the appropriate work of peace."
1879
1879
'RB Hayes Comes Home' committee members Bill Rietz and Brent Carson share on the WDLR 92.9 FM morning show Delaware City Digest about the Hayes statue project.
Short Hayes Bio.mp4Video Courtesy of C-SPAN