Corvus the Crow: Q the 42 DC Marker Stones

It is well known that Masons laid down 40 boundary stones around Washington DC. You can read about them here.

They make up a 10 mile x 10 mile square or 100 square miles. The numerical value for the Hebrew letter QOF is 100.

But how do you get 42 marker stones?

The is a lesser known Zero Mile Marker located just south of the White House at the north edge of the Ellipse.

The marker is about 4 feet high and 2 feet wide on each side.

This is the logo on the Zero Milestone, which has been strongly suggested is modelled after the Roman Golden Milestone.

The hat appears to be a refence to the Greek god Hermes (the Roman Mercury ), who was the god of translators and interpreters.

The Fleur-de-lis is a symbol that depicts a stylized lily or iris flower. Derived from French ‘fleur’ and ‘lis’, the word is literally translated in English to ‘flower of Lily’ and the symbol signifies life, light, and perfection. The symbol has been traditionally used to represent the French royalty. Legend says that when the Merovingian king of the Franks, Clovis converted to Christianity, he was presented with a golden lily by an angel to symbolize his purification. It is also claimed that the symbol was adopted by Clovis when the waterlilies helped him cross a river safely to go on to succeed in battle.

But this wasn't put in until 1919-1920. This was not placed with original intent, it was added later.

According to this site, Washington DC Chamber of Secrets, there is a stone marker in the Ellipse placed by Jefferson.

There is also a marker at the second meridian called the Jefferson Pier or Jefferson Stone. By the way, the Jefferson Memorial lies on this Meridian.

There are some other Washington meridians, but I could not find anything about any stone markers on those meridians, and certainly not in the origianl design of DC. Those other meridians, however, do run through the old and new Naval observatories.