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Florida's 1st Constitution Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Florida's 1st Constitution Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Florida's First Constitution Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1922. Copyrighted 1922. Medium:  Sculpture: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 1/2 x 21 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 24 ft. x 7 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On scroll on front of sculpture, incised lettering:) THIS MEMORIAL IS TO COMMEMORATE/THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA/AND THE ASSEMBLING OF THE FIRST/CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE/STATE CONVENED IN A BUILDING THEN/STANDING UPON THIS SPOT IN THE/YEAR OF OUR LORD 1838/--/ALL MEN ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE/LAW AND HAVE CERTAIN INALIENABLE/RIGHTS AMONG WHICH ARE THOSE OF/ENJOYING AND DEFENDING LIFE AND/LIBERTY, ACQUIRING, POSSESSING AND/PROTECTING PROPERTY AND PURSUING/HAPPINESS AND OBTAINING SAFETY unsigned Description:  Memorial commemorating Florida's first Constitution consists of a large inscribed scroll flanked by a pair of columns and topped by a cornice. A low bench surrounds the bottom of the memorial. The memorial is installed on a short, rectangular base placed within a bricked plaza. Subject:  History -- United States -- Florida Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Architecture -- Detail -- Column Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Port St. Joe Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, 200 Allen Memorial Way, Port St. Joe, Florida 32456 Located Constitution Convention State Museum, 200 Allen Memorial Way, Port St. Joe, Florida 32456 Remarks:  Memorial commemorates the birth of Florida as a state and the assembling of Florida's first Constitutional Convention on this site in 1838. "St. Joseph," as Port St. Joe was called at the time, was selected because it was a thriving boomtown. Later, in the 1840s, it was destroyed by epidemic and hurricane and became a "vanished city." The sculpture is engraved with the names of Convention delegates. IAS files contain a related brochure, "Constitution Convention State Museum...More of the Real Florida," from the Florida Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recreation and Parks. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 FL000780   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture FL000780 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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