Equestrian statue of George Washington (Morristown, New Jersey)

It was commissioned by philanthropist E. Mabel Clark to commemorate General George Washington's importance to the history of the city.The family lived in New York City and had a country house, Fairacres, in the Normandy Park section of Morristown.[4][5] She commissioned Frederick Roth for an equestrian statue of Washington and specified that the horse be modeled after the workhorse she had seen pulling a milk wagon in New York.[2] The installation site, a small triangular plot bounded by Morris and Washington Avenues, was donated to the city by Dr. Henry M.Speakers included Mayor Clyde W. Potts and Justice Charles W. Parker of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

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