- George Mason Memorial
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name = George Mason Memorial
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locator_x = 240
locator_y = 76
location =Washington, D.C. , USA
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lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 52
lat_seconds = 46
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 2
long_seconds = 21
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established =August 10 ,1990
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governing_body =National Park Service The George Mason Memorial is a memorial toGeorge Mason inEast Potomac Park inWashington, D.C. , the capital of theUnited States .It commemorates the contributions of George Mason, and important American Founder who wrote the
Virginia Declaration of Rights and served as a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention inPhiladelphia but is often thought of as the "forgotten Founder."Mason, an Anti-Federalist did not sign the
United States Constitution because it did not abolish the slave trade and because he did not think it had necessary protection for the individual from the federal government. He was sometimes known as the "reluctantstatesman ," which was also the title of a biography written about him byRobert A. Rutland .The memorial was authorized by
Public Law 101-358 onAugust 10 , 1990, to be developed by theboard of regents ofGunston Hall .The site, close to the
Jefferson Memorial was selected. The design features a convert|72|ft|m|sing=on long stone wall with a one-third larger than life-sizedstatue of a sitting Mason, his legs crossed, and a circularpool . Thearchitect was Faye B. Harwell and thesculptor was Wendy M. Ross. Thegroundbreaking was October 18, 2000; the memorial was dedicated on April 9, 2002.The George Mason Memorial is administered as part of the
National Park Service as part ofNational Mall and Memorial Parks .External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/gemm/ Official NPS website]
* Mason Spirit Article, Winter 2001 (GMU Alumni magazine): [http://www.gmu.edu/alumni/spirit/01winter/gmstatue.html George Mason Memorial Garden to Be Built near the National Mall]
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