myPics: Madonna of the Trail

On a recent work trip to DC, I made a visit out to Bethesda. I took the Metro from Union Station and walked to my appointment.  My stroll to Woodmont Avenue surprisingly took me past one of the Madonna of the Trail status.  Since I'm a big transportation-ophile, I had read about this series of statues set up along the the National Old Trails Road, also known as Ocean-to-Ocean Highway.

From Wikipedia, the Madonna of the Trail is a series of 12 monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States. The monuments were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). The NSDAR placed the monuments along the National Old Trails Road which extended from Bethesda, Maryland, to Upland, California (The much of the route of the route follows the old National Road and the Santa Fe Trail in the West.) There is a moment - dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States and serves as symbol of the courage and faith of the women who conquered the wilderness and establishing permanent homes -  in each of the states that National Old Trails Road passed through.