Washington Monument Commemorative Stone: A Roma Americae, (sculpture).

Washington Monument Commemorative Stone: A Roma Americae, (sculpture).

Tresco Monument Company, carver.

Washington Monument Commemorative Stone: A Roma Americae, (sculpture).

1982. Dedicated Nov. 16, 1982.

Marble, with gold paint.

1 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft.

A ROMA AMERICAE

The stone incised with an inscription reading A ROMA AMERICAE, with gold paint in the letters.

Allegory -- Place -- Rome

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

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. Father James E. Grant donated the stone, which is located at the 340 ft. level.

Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 215.

Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 215.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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