by Susan | Nov 12, 2018 | Monuments
Between 1939 and 1945, about 400,000 German soldiers (2% of the total) deserted or attempted to desert, not counting those surrendering in battle. 30,000 of them were caught in the act, 23,000 of those were executed. This was the first of the monuments now in Germany...
by Susan | Nov 5, 2018 | Monuments
There are more than 1,500 statues on public land in the city of Philadelphia but, until last year, not one of them represents an African-American. This changed on 26 September, 2017 when A 12-foot bronze statue of Octavius V. Catto — 19th century educator, baseball...
by Susan | Oct 29, 2018 | Monuments
Colorado State grad student Kristina Baumli organized the effort to dedicate the fountain area on the north side of the University Memorial Center — frequently used for demonstrations and protests — to Dalton Trumbo, a Hollywood screenwriter who refused to testify at...
by Susan | Oct 22, 2018 | Monuments
The United Nations Peace Plaza in Independence, Missouri was unveiled on October 27, 1997 commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations and formally dedicated by U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan on April 25, 2003. It is described by its creators as...
by Susan | Oct 19, 2018 | Monuments
On August 12, 2017 the State of Maryland removed the statue of former Chief Justice of the United States Roger Taney, which had stood of the statehouse grounds in Annapolis since 1872. Taney wrote the majority opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott decision, which upheld...
by Susan | Oct 15, 2018 | Monuments
The Middle East Peace Sculpture in Seattle’s Peace Garden is located in the southeast portion of the Seattle Center near the base of the Space Needle. A graceful twist of Italian marble about 30 x 8 inches standing atop a natural column of black basalt. It...
by Susan | Oct 8, 2018 | Monuments
Dorothy O’Connell is an activist, author, playwright and poet laureate of the poor. The monument that bears her name honors her anti-poverty work and focuses attention on the issue of ending poverty. The image is a slice of bread with a house removed from it....
by Susan | Oct 1, 2018 | Monuments
African Burial Ground National Monument is a monument in the Civic Center section of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 and a National Monument in 2006 by President George W. Bush. Congress appropriated funds...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2018 | Monuments
Sculpted by Ed Dwight and dedicated on October 20, 2001, the Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad pays tribute to Detroit’s contribution and the thousands of railroad conductors who made freedom possible.For many the city was the...
by Susan | Sep 17, 2018 | Monuments
A sculpture commissioned by the United Nations to commemorate the end of slave trade was unveiled at UN Headquarters in New York on 25 March, 2015 to coincide with the International Day of remembrance for the victims of slavery. Visitors can pass through the Ark of...
