Truman Federal Building (State Department): Sculptures - Washington DC The State Department was originally built for the War Department in 1940-41 and has been known since 2000 as the Harry S. Truman Federal Building. It is home to three sculptures commissioned for the original War Department building.
•An eagle over the building entrance by Harry Kreis (1942)
•A lime casein on plaster work entitled "Defense of the Four Freedoms" by Kindred McLeary (1941)
•"War and Peace" by Earl N. Thorp (1941)
Another work by Harry Kreis (1942), entitled "Soldier Groups," was originally in the lobby of the War Department but has apparently disappeared (see comment below)
A fifth commissioned work, a bas-relief called "Peaceful Pursuits...