Ben Banneker................................the Black polymath........used his knowledge of math and astronomy.............to pick that point around here..................as to where they should start laying out the new fed capital..................

Boundary Stones of Washington, D.C.

www.boundarystones.org/

(In 1794, the ceremonial stone at Jones Point was replaced by a large stone, .... If the stone was in a public place or a park, VA fences got a coat of green DC paint too. ... Alexander, Mrs. Sally Kennedy: "A Sketch of the Life of Major Andrew Ellicott," ... Jones Point Lighthouse and District of Columbia South Cornerstone (Mar.

large stone - Boundary Stones of Washington, DC

www.boundarystones.org/view.php?stone=SOUTH

Jones Point Lighthouse: in an opening in the seawall of the lighthouse at Jones Point Park on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia. ... By June 21, 1794, this new corner stone had replaced the original ceremonial corner stone from 1791.

Jones Point Park Improvements Project - City of Alexandria, VA

https://www.alexandriava.gov/34692

Jones Point Park is approximately 65 acres in size. ... of the Jones Point lighthouse, preservation and historic interpretation of the DC cornerstone, an historic site ...