The Statue:
Dedicated in 1977, Elisabeth Gordon Chandler sculpted Queen Anne as a deceptively healthy woman (although she is sitting in a chair). Her crown rests on a Queen-Anne-style table, and in her lap is the charter she signed in 1706 creating Queen Anne County
The Monarch:
"Queen Anne was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1714.
Anne was born in the reign of Charles II to his younger brother and heir presumptive, James, whose suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England. On Charles's instructions, Anne and her elder sister, Mary, were raised as Anglicans. Mary married their Dutch Protestant cousin, William III of Orange, in 1677, and Anne married Prince George of Denmark in 1683. On Charles's death in 1685, James succeeded to the throne, but just three years later he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Mary and William became joint monarchs. Although the sisters had been close, disagreements over Anne's finances, status, and choice of acquaintances arose shortly after Mary's accession and they became estranged. William and Mary had no children. After Mary's death in 1694, William reigned alone until his own death in 1702, when Anne succeeded him.
During her reign, Anne favoured moderate Tory politicians, who were more likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, until 1710 when Anne dismissed many of them from office. Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences. The Duchess took revenge with an unflattering description of the Queen in her memoirs, which was widely accepted by historians until Anne was re-assessed in the late 20th century.
Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life, and from her thirties, she grew increasingly ill and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded all Catholics, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover. - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain)"
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East: Queen Anne, 1665 - 1714
South: Queen Anne's County, In 1631 William Claiborne established the first settlement in Maryland, a fort and trading post on Kent Island. The westernmost part of Queen Anne's County.
On April 16, 1706, during the reign of Queen Anne, the country recieved its name from the colonial house of delegates to which it sent its first delegate on September 12, 1708.
The county seat, first located in Queenstown, was moved to Centerville circa 1784.
West: List of officials that were in office during the time of the dedication.
Sculptor of the statue: Elisabeth Gordon Chandler
North: The statue was unveiled and dedicated on June 18, 1977 by Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne of England. In the presence of a distinguished company of officials and citizens of the conty, the state, the nation and from overseas.