by Susan | Nov 20, 2023 | Monuments
A Gathering at the Crossroads pays tribute to voting rights, Harrisburg’s Old Eighth Ward, and four African American civil rights leaders of the 19th century: Thomas Morris Chester, Jacob T. Compton, William Howard Day, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. It was...
by Susan | Oct 23, 2023 | Monuments
This statue of civil rights martyr Viola Liuzzo was installed in a Northwest Detroit park bearing her name on July 25, 2019. It was sculpted by Austen Brantley. The accompanying plaque tells her story: Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo(April 11, 1925-March 25, 1965) Viola...
by Susan | Oct 2, 2023 | Monuments
After a number of violent crimes that occurred in the community, several Duluthians saw a need to address the community healing through commemorative artwork. The sculpture is a cast bronze of several forearms and hands which at the top rest a dove, with wings...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2023 | Monuments
After the War of 1812, tensions between the U.S. and Britain were still high. One reason was militarization of the Great Lakes. U.S. Minister and future president John Quincy Adams had proposed the idea of disarmament of the Great Lakes; the British government, liking...
by Susan | Aug 14, 2023 | Monuments
On August 28, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the City of Annapolis unveiled what it claims is the first memorial to the “foot soldiers” of the March. They define foot soldiers as the 250,000 ordinary citizens who marched in the...
