{"id":2982,"date":"2008-02-20T02:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/02\/the-awakening.html"},"modified":"2008-02-20T02:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-20T02:29:00","slug":"the-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/02\/the-awakening\/","title":{"rendered":"The Awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/2278036559\/\" title=\"P2190342 by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2001\/2278036559_55eeb45929.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"P2190342\" \/><\/a><br \/><b>WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; <\/b>On the final full day of its tenure at Hains Point, East Potomac Park, I visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/the-awakening\">The Awakening<\/a>, a famous sculpture by J. Seward Johnson. After over 27 years in this location, the sculpture is being moved to the National Harbor development in Prince George&#8217;s County, Md.<\/p>\n<p>Hains Point won&#8217;t be the same without The Awakening. I visited or pedaled by it many times. It will be very odd, if not unsettling, to see that part of Hains Point empty the next time I bike through there. At least it isn&#8217;t going far, though I wonder if we&#8217;ll have to pay to park at National Harbor to see it when it is installed there.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong style=\"color:#3993ff\">flick<span style=\"color:#ff1c92\">r<\/span><\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157603943924992\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">The Awakening set<\/span><\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/sets\/72157603943924992\/show\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">slideshow<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">PREVIOUSLY: <\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/02\/awakening-moving-next-week.html\"><b>Awakening moving next week<\/b><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/10\/grounds-for-sculpture.html\"><b>Grounds for Sculpture<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; On the final full day of its tenure at Hains Point, East Potomac Park, I visited The Awakening, a famous sculpture by J. 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