by Susan | Jul 6, 2026 | Monuments
Following a presentation by Alfred Tibor, a Holocaust survivor and sculptor, Trinity Lutheran Seminary President Dennis Anderson asked Mr. Tibor to produce a sketch for a public sculpture to be placed in a prominent position on the Trinity campus. The president gave...
by Susan | Mar 2, 2026 | Monuments
The bronze and granite sculpture installation depicts Rosa Parks at 42 years old, the age when her actions inspired the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott, and at 92 years old, the age she died. The two Rosas sit across from one another, with an empty seat between...
by Susan | Oct 6, 2025 | Monuments
There are no memorials marking the murder of Matthew Shephard besides this small plaque on a bench on the University of Wyoming campus, where he was a student. It was installed in 2008. Shephard’s murder, shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998, spawned an...
by Susan | Aug 18, 2025 | Monuments
Knowledge is Power is an 8- by 12-foot bronze of an open book. Faces and figures of 31 philosophers, writers, and scientists emerge from the pages. Located at Rowan University, it is inspired from a quote by Francis Bacon. Artist Zenos Frudakis chose a book as a...
by Susan | Jul 22, 2024 | Monuments
San Jose State University’s Victory Salute, also known as the Olympic Black Power Statue, depicts the 1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute displayed by runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos during the playing of the national anthem after they won the gold...
