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Fountain In Memory of Butt And Millet, South of White House, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

Fountain In Memory of Butt And Millet, South of White House, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

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Fountain In Memory of Butt And Millet, South of White House, Washington DC, 1912. The Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain commemorates two men who died on the Titanic: Archibald Willingham Butt was Military Aide to President Taft. His close friend and housemate Francis Davis Millet was a journalist and painter. There is some speculation that Butt and Millet were lovers. The fountain was designed by Thomas Hastings, with bas-reliefs by Daniel Chester French.

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