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Adoption of the Constitution
- Location: West side of spice garden, Van Cortlandt Mansion, Broadway and 259th Street
- Description: Plaque on boulder
- Materials: Bronze
- Dimensions: H: 8ΒΌ" W: 1'
- Cast: ca. 1937
- Dedicated: 1937
- Donor: National Society of Colonial Dames
- Inscription: TO COMMEMORATE / THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION / OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / SEPT. 17, 1787 / THIS TREE WAS PLANTED ON THE / 150TH ANNIVERSARY / BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF / COLONIAL DAMES / IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK / VAN CORTLANDT PARK - 1937
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Van Cortlandt Park Alliance: (718) 601-1460
Mosholu Golf Center and Driving Range: (718) 655-9164
Park Enforcement Patrol: (718) 430-1815
Special Events Permits: (718) 430-1848
Sports Permits: (718) 430-1840
Tennis Permits: (718) 430-1848
Riverdale Equestrian Centre: (718) 548-4848
Urban Park Rangers: (718) 548-0912
Van Cortlandt Golf Course: (718) 543-4595
Van Cortlandt House Museum: (718) 543-3344
Van Cortlandt Pool: (718) 548-2415
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park: (718) 601-1460
Van Cortlandt Nature Center: (718) 548-0912
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