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 The Compass Rose - Dover, DE Posted by:  bluesnote
N 39° 09.426 W 075° 31.237
18S E 455018 N 4334339
A large compass ross in front of the Delaware Legislative Hall (state capitol building) in Dover, Delaware.
Waymark Code: WM15MB5
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2022
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Taken from the Smithsonian listing:
Inscription:
(On rim:) MOLLY SANGER CARPENTER (artist's monogram) 1988 THROUGH THE DELAWARE H (...transcription partially illegible) TEA Z (In center) DOVER DELAWARE/DECEMBER 7, 1787 (in cursive script:) Geo. Reed/Gunning Bedford, Jun/John Dickinson/Richard Bassett/Jaco. Broom (Surrounding center:) DELAWARE/RATIFIES/FULLY,/FREELY/& ENTIRELY/A rising/and not a/setting sun/-Benjamin/Franklin/1787/We the People/OF THE UNITED STATES/DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH/THIS CONSTITUTION/DELAWARE/FIRST TO ADOPT/WILL BE LAST TO/DESERT THE CONSTITUTION/WASHINGTON MONUMENT/1849
(Radiating from center:) PENNSYLVANIA (star) 12.12.1787 (star) PHILADELPHIA (star) 19.73 (degree symbol) (star) 58/NEW YORK (star) 7.26.1788 (star) POUGHKEEPSIE (star) 25.16 (degree symbol) (star) 195/NEW JERSEY (star) 12.18.1787 (star) TRENTON (star) 28.70 (degree symbol) (star) 84/NEW HAMPSHIRE (star) 6.21.1788 (star) CONCORD 35.44 (degree symbol) (star) CONNECTICUT (star) 1.9.1788 (star) HARTFORD (star) 38.91 (degree symbol) (star) 235/MASSACHUSETTS (star) 2.6.1788 (star) BOSTON (star) 45.15 (degree symbol) (star) 322/RHODE ISLAND (star) 5.29.1790 NEWPORT (star) 52.8 (star) 273.75/505 (star) 210.41 (degree symbol) (star) CHARLESTON (star) 5.23.1788 (star) SOUTH CAROLINA/337.3 (star) 214 (degree symbol) (star) FAYETTEVILLE (star) 11.21.1789 (star) NORTH CAROLINA/53 (star) 256.58 (degree symbol) (star) ANNAPOLIS (...transcription partially illegible) 1788 (STAR)MARYLAND (On perimeter:) (...transcription partially illegible) FROM DOVER AND MILES AS THE CROW FLIES signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A horizontal circular compass resembling a medallion, commemorating Delaware's having been the first state to ratify the Constitution. In raised lettering and inscribed in the center of the compass rose are the signatures of Delaware's signatories of the Constitution, Delaware's coat of arms and the date of the State's ratification, surrounded by sunrise motifs. Surrounding the center are phrases relating to the Constitution and Delaware's role in its ratification, a relief of a sailing ship, the names of the other original states, the dates of their ratification, and the distance and the compass headings to the capitals of those states.
TITLE: The Compass Rose
ARTIST(S): Carpenter, Molly Sanger, sculptor. TEA Z, founder.
DATE: Dedicated Dec. 7, 1988
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS DE000035
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Administered by State of Delaware, Department of Administrative Services, Townsend Building, 3rd Floor, Dover, Delaware 19901
Located Capitol Square, Legislative Avenue, across street from Legislative Hall, Dover, Delaware
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted.
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