"The button is said to have popped off the vest which Ben Franklin wears in his statue directly across from the sculpture."
Franklin Photos - August, 2007, Conor O'Shea
Oldenberg said, "The Split represents the Schuylkill. It divides the button into four parts--for William Penns original Philadelphia squares."
-Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/9/81
-Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/9/81