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In 2009 President Barack Obama held a ceremony at the White House to honor Jennings as a representative of his contributions to saving the Gilbert Stuart painting and other valuables (The painting that was saved was a copy Stuart made of the painting not the original, although it is the same one on display in the East Room.) "A dozen descendants of Jennings came to Washington to visit the White House They looked at the painting their relative helped save." in an interview with National Public Radio Jennings' great-great-grandson Hugh Alexander said "We were able to take a family portrait in front of the painting which was for me one of the high points." He confirmed that Jennings later purchased his freedom from the widowed Dolley Madison, The National Park Service manages most of the 9,122 acres (36.92 km2) of city land owned by the U.S government. Rock Creek Park is a 1,754-acre (7.10 km2) urban forest in Northwest Washington which extends 9.3 miles (15.0 km) through a stream valley that bisects the city Established in 1890 it is the country's fourth-oldest national park and is home to a variety of plant and animal species including raccoon deer owls and coyotes. Other National Park Service properties include the C&O Canal National Historical Park the National Mall and Memorial Parks Theodore Roosevelt Island Columbia Island Fort Dupont Park Meridian Hill Park Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens and Anacostia Park the D.C Department of Parks and Recreation maintains the city's 900 acres (3.6 km2) of athletic fields and playgrounds 40 swimming pools and 68 recreation centers the U.S Department of Agriculture operates the 446-acre (1.80 km2) U.S National Arboretum in Northeast Washington, The United States Constitution adopted in 1787 prevented Congress from completely banning the importation of slaves until 1808 although Congress regulated it in the Slave Trade Act of 1794 and in subsequent Acts in 1800 and 1803. After the Revolution numerous states individually passed laws against importing slaves by contrast the states of Georgia and South Carolina reopened their trade due to demand by their upland planters who were developing new cotton plantations: Georgia from 1800 until December 31 1807 and South Carolina from 1804 in that period Charleston traders imported about 75,000 slaves more than were brought to South Carolina in the 75 years before the Revolution. Approximately 30,000 were imported to Georgia. The term Founding Fathers is sometimes used to refer to the Signers of the embossed version of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Signers is not be confused with the term Framers; the Framers are defined by the National Archives as those 55 individuals who were appointed to be delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and took part in drafting the proposed Constitution of the United States Of the 55 Framers only 39 were signers of the Constitution. Two further groupings of Founding Fathers include: 1) those who signed the Continental Association a trade ban and one of the colonists' first collective volleys protesting British control and the Intolerable Acts in 1774, or 2) those who signed the Articles of Confederation the first U.S constitutional document, Freemasonry was a widely accepted institution in the late 18th century known for advocating moral teachings. Washington was attracted to the Masons' dedication to the Enlightenment principles of rationality reason and brotherhood the American Masonic lodges did not share the anti-clerical perspective of the controversial European lodges a Masonic lodge was established in Fredericksburg in September 1752 and Washington was initiated two months later at the age of 20 as one of its first Entered Apprentices Within a year he progressed through its ranks to become a Master Mason. Before and during the American Revolution he used Masonic lodges as meeting places to plot against the British.[citation needed] He had a high regard for the Masonic Order but his personal lodge attendance was sporadic in 1777 a convention of Virginia lodges asked him to be the Grand Master of the newly established Grand Lodge of Virginia but he declined due to his commitments leading the Continental Army After 1782 he corresponded frequently with Masonic lodges and members and he was listed as Master in the Virginia charter of Alexandria Lodge No 22 in 1788. Salmon Portland Chase was Lincoln's choice to be Chief Justice of the United States.