• Orpheus with the Awkward Foot (also simply known as Orpheus or the Francis Scott Key Monument) is a monumental statue located at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland...
  • Congress paid Niehaus $33,121 (above the original appropriation) for Orpheus with the Awkward Foot.
  • The statue of “Orpheus with the Awkward Foot” is the most unusual monument within the U.S. National Park Service, standing out as a celebrated oddity of...
  • His work, called Orpheus with the Awkward Foot was chosen.
  • So it was funny to see him plunked down in the middle of a historical site, and then even funnier once I read his name - "Orpheus With The Awkward Foot".
  • "Orpheus," also called "Orpheus with the Awkward Foot," was sculpted by Charles H. Niehaus in 1916 for the 100th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
  • President Harding giving a speech at the unveiling of the statue of Orpheus at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, in honor of Francis Scott Key...
  • This 24-foot-tall statue of Orpheus stands near the entrance to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as a monument to Francis Scott Key.
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  • Orpheus with the Awkward Foot is a monumental statue located at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.