A bronze bust of Robert F. Kennedy has sat on the lawn outside of the D.C. stadium named for him for decades, even after the venue was decommissioned. Now, it’s gone missing.
The sculpture was last seen in mid-September, according to a police report obtained by The Washington Sun. An employee of Events D.C., the entertainment authority that manages the RFK Stadium campus, reported the bust as stolen on Oct. 1. The disappearance was first reported by The Washington Post.
The statue “was removed by an unknown manner” and there is no known suspect, according to the police report.
The pedestal holding the statue was not taken and has been moved into storage, a spokesperson for Events D.C. told The Sun.
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The bust was installed in 1969, around the time the stadium was renamed to honor Kennedy, who was assassinated on the presidential campaign trail in 1968. Artist Robert Berks, known for sculpting a larger 3,000-pound bust of John F. Kennedy on display at the Kennedy Center, created the piece.
Though RFK Stadium hasn’t been operational since 2019, the land holds the promise of new beginnings. A new stadium proposed for the same site is expected to open in 2030 as part of a $3.8 billion development plan that will bring the Washington Commanders back to D.C.
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