Administered by City of Frederick Frederick Maryland
Located Mount Olivet Cemetery 515 South Market Street Frederick Maryland 21701
Date:
1926. Removed March 18, 2017. Relocated 2017
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), March 18, 2017.
Image on file.
(On back of bust:) Joseph Urner J. Arthur Limerick Co. Fdr's Balto (Below the bust, front:) THOMAS/JOHNSON (On plaque on front of base:) REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT/BOSOM FRIEND OF WASHINGTON/DILIGENT WORKER FOR/INDEPENDENCE AND NOMINATOR/OF WASHINGTON FOR COMMANDER/IN CHIEF OF CONTINENTAL ARMY/MEMBER COUNCIL OF SAFETY/CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND OF/MARYLAND CONVENTION TO RATIFY/THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION/FIRST GOVERNOR OF STATE OF/MARYLAND AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE/OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT/TO THOMAS JOHNSON IS LARGELY/DUE THE SURRENDER BY OTHER/COLONIES OF THEIR CLAIMS TO THE/GREAT NORTHWEST TERRITORY/BORN CALVERT COUNTY/NOVEMBER 4, 1732/DIED AT ROSE HILL, NEAR FREDERICK/OCTOBER 26, 1819 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Bust of Thomas Johnson rests on top of a square granite base.
