Monuments and Memorials Pointless Prize

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2/15/2022 Monuments La Cantarera memorializes the times when you would get your water from the city fountain for cooking and cleaning…girls were known to sing while doing this task

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Carol F. Hankins Memorial Grove, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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Plaque commemorating attack by 2 brigades led by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart against Union Brig. Gen. John Caldwell’s forces as they brewed coffee and prepared breakfast on Oct. 14, 1863.

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Battle of Bladensburg, on the NW Branch Trail

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The Cavalryman in El Paso

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This sign memorializes the neighborhood founded by Samuel Martin, a free black man who was a former slave of the Beall family in Rockville.
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Dawson-Bailey House in Arlington’s North Highland neighborhood. Probably the oldest structure in Arlington.

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2/16/2022 Monuments Don Quijote y Sancho Panzo

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Historic Beall-Dawson House was owned by a prominent family in Rockville who became one of the largest slave owning families in Montgomery County, MD. https://montgomeryhistory.org/beall-dawson-house/
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#blackhistory

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Daniel M. Ashe was Fish and Wildlife Service director from February 2011 to January 2017. He is still alive and president and chief executive officer of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, so not sure if being alive is a disqualification. A bunch of us Marylanders ride on the refuge, so that should mitigate against his lack of deadness.

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Statue dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk the first President of Turkey, outside the Turkish Ambassador’s Residence. Apparently Ataturk was an honorary name given to him meaning “father of the Turks” and you pretty much can’t go anywhere in Turkey without finding something named after him!

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2/17/2022 monuments Picón del Cura dedicated to a priest beloved in the town and used to meditate in this spot

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Arlington Constitution Gardens next to Fire Station 2 at Wilson and George Mason in Bluemont dedicated in the bicentennial of the signing

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The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, dedicated to the memory of George Washington, the first President of the United States and a Mason. The tower is fashioned after the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt. The 333-foot tall memorial sits atop Shooter’s Hill (also known as Shuter’s Hill) at 101 Callahan Drive.[5] Construction began in 1922, the building was dedicated in 1932, and the interior finally completed in 1970. In July 2015, it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its architecture, and as one of the largest-scale private memorials to honor Washington.

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An impromptu memorial to the late Hyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward alongside the Trolly Trail. I’m unsure if this memorial to Mayor Ward conforms exactly to the letter of the rules, but it certainly is within the Freezing Saddles spirit. Mayor Ward was a well-known and well-liked figure in the cycling community in Prince George’s Co. He was also a friend of Freezing Saddle’s own Rumi Matsuyama who runs the FS photo scavenger hunt. https://www.hyattsvillewire.com/2022/01/26/hyattsville-mayor-kevin-ward/

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