Tuesday, October 13, 1970

Places: DC-George Mason Memorial

 

 

 

 

 


George Mason Memorial-___' (Washington West) (38.879444, -77.039167)

George Mason Memorial Bridge-(-3)' (Washington West) (38.876501, -77.0416436)
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This may be one of the more underrated memorials in DC. I need to know more about Mason.

There are two inscriptions, one from Thomas Jefferson and one from  Marquis de Condorcet. Then there are three quotes from Mason, which I found to be inspiring:

  • "Regarding slavery.... that slow poison, which is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant. Practiced in acts of despotism and cruelty, we become callous to the dictates of humanity, and all the finer feelings of the soul. Taught to regard a part of our own species in the most abject and contemptible degree below us, we lose that idea of the dignity of man, which the hand of nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes...George Mason, July 1773"
  • "I recommend it to my sons...never to let the motives of private interest or ambition to induce them to betray, nor the terrors of poverty and disgrace or the fear of danger or of death deter them from asserting the liberty of their country, and endeavoring to transmit to their posterity those sacred rights to which themselves were born. George Mason, March 1773"
  • "All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights... among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety. George Mason, May 1776"

This memorial was placed in a pansy garden. There is a combination of flowers and memorial here.

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  • March 28, 2023








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