by Susan | Oct 3, 2022 | Monuments
Oklahoma State University dedicated a statue to honor Nancy Randolph Davis, the first African-American student to attend then-Oklahoma A&M College, on January 31, 2019. Davis overcame racial obstacles to pursue her master’s degree in 1949. Davis earned a...
by Susan | Sep 5, 2022 | Monuments
In October 1867 the US government signed a treaty with five Indian tribes– Kiowa, Comanche, Arapaho and Kiowa-Apache and Southern Cheyenne — to put an end to years of bloody fighting on the Great Plains. This statue, erected in 1927, commemorates that...
by Susan | Aug 15, 2022 | Monuments
Situated in an elm and holly grove on the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences, the Einstein memorial was unveiled on April 22, 1979, in honor of the centennial of his birth. It is by sculptor Robert Berks. He is holding papers containing facsimile handwriting...
by Susan | Jul 18, 2022 | Monuments
In September, 2009 Chapel Hill renamed its historic Post Office Plaza (which also includes the county courthouse) as Peace and Justice Plaza, and marked the occasion with a granite plaque, embedded in the pavement, containing the names of nine local champions of peace...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2022 | Monuments
After a day of campaigning for the presidency, Senator John F. Kennedy arrived at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on October 14, 1960, at 2:00 a.m., to get some sleep. Members of the press had retired for the night, believing that nothing interesting would...
