Marcus Whitman

Marcus Whitman in Buckskins is a 4/3 life-size bronze sculpture by Avard Fairbanks that depicts the American physician, missionary and frontiersman Dr. Marcus Whitman striding resolutely into the future, holding a Bible in one hand and saddlebags and a scroll in the other hand. It was donated by the U.S. state of Washington to the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection and was unveiled and dedicated there on May 22, 1953. . Washington state Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation on April 14, 2021 to have it removed; and it was subsequently given to Walla Walla County. A 2/3 life-size plaster model was given to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington in the 1950s; and it currently resides indoors at the Fort Walla Walla Museum in Walla Walla. A 4/3 life-size bronze statue copy resides indoors at the Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia, Washington. Another 4/3 life-size bronze statue copy resides outdoors on the western edge of Whitman College on Main Street & Boyer Avenue in Walla Walla.