A 100-foot-tall giant emerges from the earth in this famous D.C. cast-aluminum sculpture. An arm reaches 17 feet into the air, while the mouth is permanently fixed in a silent cry. The Awakening was created by J. Seward Johnson, Jr., for the 1980 International Sculpture Exhibition and Conference. For 27 years, DC residents photographed, enjoyed and clambered over the gigantic arms, legs and face. To the dismay of many locals, in 2008, the popular sculpture was purchased and moved to on the sandy beach at National Harbor, a new tourist and entertainment destination on the Maryland side of the Potomac River.