[1] The bronze sculpture is a full body of Benito Juárez standing with his right arm raised and pointing into the distance.

[1] The sculpture was a gift to the United States from the people of Mexico in exchange for a statue of Abraham Lincoln from President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The original statue of Juarez, which stands in Oaxaca, Mexico, was cast in Rome by the Nelli Foundry in 1891.

The back of the base has a hidden urn which contains soil from San Pablo Guelatao, where Juárez was born.

The piece sits in a plaza at an intersection with an inscription that reads: ("In this site was laid soil from Guelatao, Oaxaca, birthplace of President Benito Juarez – 7 January 1969".)