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Washington Monument Commemorative Stone: Connecticut, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Washington Monument Commemorative Stone: Connecticut, (sculpture). Dates:  Original sandstone 1850s. Replacement granite 1914. Replacement installed July 24, 1914. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite. Dimensions:  2 x 4 ft. Inscription:  CONNECTICUT Description:  The stone is carved in relief with an emblem depicting a bunches of grapes surrounded by a decorative border. Below the emblem there is a banner reading QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET. Over the emblem the stone is carved in relief with letters spelling out CONNECTICUT. Around the outer edges of the stone there is a decorative border. Subject:  Allegory -- Place -- Connecticut Object -- Fruit -- Grape Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Relief Sculpture Owner:  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 Remarks:  One of 193 commemorative stones set into the interior walls of the Washington Monument. The stones were donated by states, cities, towns, organizations, individuals, and foreign countries in honor of George Washington. The State of Connecticut donated the stone, which is located at the 70 ft. level. By the 1880s the original sandstone block was badly disintegrated. The replacement granite stone was given to the state by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1914. References:  Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 48. Illustration:  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. 48. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 78230028   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 78230028 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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