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Settlers (Original Patentees) of the District of Columbia Memorial near the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.
by Carl Mose
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution donated the Settlers of the District of Columbia Memorial in April 1935 "as a way of teaching history." The simple granite shaft stands near the sidewalk along Fifteenth Street. Its purpose is to remember the original eighteen patentees "prior to 1700 whose land grants embraced the site of the federal city." A patentee is someone to whom a grant is given. In this case, the grant was ownership of land that became the District of Columbia. Each side of the monument contains a relief panel carved with a symbol of the early pioneers' agricultural pursuits. On the east side is a tobacco plant, on the south a wild turkey, on the west a stalk of corn, and on the north a fish. The names of the original landowners are inscribed on the base.
Source: NPS.gov (as a work of the Federal Gov't it is in the public domain)
Granite by Carl Mose
Address: E & 15th Sts. NW Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 78250020 (dcMem ID #740)
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With the Aeronautics in the background (pediment, top right)
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Sources & Links:
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ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (106)
The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C. (C6/p137)
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Settlers (27)
President's Park (White House) website
