by Susan | Jul 6, 2020 | Monuments
“Proclamation” by Rowan Gillespie is a permanent outdoor sculpture honoring the leaders of the Easter Rising, and the authors of the Irish proclamation of Independence. It is across the street from the Kilmainham Gaol where the proclamation writers were executed in...
by Susan | May 25, 2020 | Monuments
In retaliation for the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi official, every adult male from the village of Lidice (22 km NW of Prague) was rounded up and shot. The women and children were sent to separate concentration camps. The village itself was completely razed....
by Susan | May 18, 2020 | Monuments
Pax, a monument to Aristide Briand, is to the left of the front gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Quai d’Orsay. It is by Paul Landowski and was dedicated in 1937. The central relief shows peace sheltering a family; the robed figures represent the...
by Susan | May 4, 2020 | Monuments
The RMS Lusitania, a ocean liner of the Cunard Line, was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915 and sunk 18 minutes later. 1,198 were killed; there were 761 survivors. Many of the survivors and bodies of the deceased were rescued or recovered by local fishermen from...
by Susan | Apr 13, 2020 | Monuments
Installed in 2014, the 40 feet high, 30 feet wide and 100 feet in the sky poem for peace was created by poet and playwright Lemn Sissay MBE, and is permanently displayed at the University of Huddersfield’s creative arts building. The poem is also displayed at the...
