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Title
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John Stevens Shop
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Description
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The John Stevens Shop is a stone carving workshop based in Rhode Island and currently co-owned by the father and son team of John E. and Nicholas Benson. They have been involved in the design and execution of lettering for inscriptions for four memorials on the Mall. The Bensons designed and executed special typefaces, or lettering styles, for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the World War II Memorial, and the Martin Luther King Memorial. Additionally, John Benson designed the lettering for the date stones in the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial.
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Creator
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John Stevens Shop
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Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. View original photograph.
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Coverage
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1950-1979
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1980-1999
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2000-present
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Theme
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building the mall
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design & monuments
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