Terra Cotta Sculpture Of Francis Makemie By Alexander Stirling Calder, Presbyterian Historical Society Exterior Garden Editorial Image

Pictured is 9-foot-tall terra cotta sculpture of Francis Makemie by renowned artist Alexander Stirling Calder. It is located in the exterior garden of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Francis Makemie, a native of Ireland, is remembered as an early crusader for religious freedom. When the British magistrate arrested him in New York for preaching without a license, in his defense he invoked the British Tolerance Act of 1689. After his acquittal, New York enacted legislation preventing such persecution in the future