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The Thirteen Adjacent Elms (Historical Marker)

GPS Coordinates: 38.7116487, -77.0727061
Closest Address: 9008 Captains Row, Alexandria, VA 22308

The Thirteen Adjacent Elms (Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

1732 - 1932
The thirteen adjacent elms representing the thirteen original colonies were planted in commemoration of the bicentennial celebration of George Washington’s birth and to revere the ancient and honorable artillery company of Massachusetts organized 1637.

Erected 1932 by The National Society, Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.


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More about this marker:
It is on a rise near the highway, hard if not impossible to see from the road.

Regarding The Thirteen Adjacent Elms:
Some of the trees seem to be still in the location but I could not find 13.

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