1. COMPILED BY M. PEILA GGP STATUES

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6. John McLaren 1846-1943 Scottish horticulturist extraordinaire, served as the superintendent of this beautiful park for 53 years. Friends with John Muir and disliked statuary. Designed Lithia Park in Ashland, OR

14. Robert Emmet 1778 -1803 Mr. Emmet was an Irishman charged with treason by the British crown. He was the last person the crown sentenced to be ‘hanged, drawn and quartered.’ The punishment was abolished under the Treason Act of 1814. His final resting place is not known, though it is expected he was laid to rest in an Anglican church in Dublin. His parting words are well-know, particularly among Irish nationalists….. “… I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world--it is the charity of its silence! Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them. Let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done.” See the full speech here: http://www.robertemmet.org/speech.htm

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17. Francis Scott Key Goethe & Schiller