Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located National Mall Adjacent to 14th Street, between Constitution Avenue, N.W. & Independence Avenue, S.W Washington District of Columbia
Date:
1926. Dedicated April 20, 1926
Notes:
Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 216.
Image on file.
Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 216.
GREAT SEAL. 1889/STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA/OCTOBER 1ST.
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Summary:
The stone is incised with the state seal of North Dakota depicting a tree surrounded by a shaft of wheat, with a plow, a bow with three crossed arrows, and an axe and a chopping block on the ground around it. Behind the tree there is a setting sun on the horizon. Above the tree there are forty-four stars in two semicircular bands, and the words: LIBERTY AND UNION NOW AND FOREVER ONE AND INSEPARABLE incised in a band above the stars. An inscription incised in a band around the outer edge of the seal reads: GREAT SEAL. 1889/STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA/OCTOBER 1ST.
