Whom
do we choose to commemorate?
•Samuel F. B. Morse [Statue unveiled
1871]
•Born. Charlestown, MA, 1791 • died. New York, 1872
•A statue of Samuel Morse, an American painter and inventor, is located at the entrance of Inventor’s Gate on the east side of Central Park near 72nd Street. Morse is shown standing next to his best known invention and holding a strip of Morse Code. Morse was a founder and first President of the National Academy of Design established in 1825. Its office is just outside the park.
