by Susan | Oct 28, 2019 | Monuments
Awakened Mexican-American students were changing the culture at the University of Colorado Boulder campus, as they were nationwide, and the administration didn’t like it. In 1973, in apparent retaliation, they cut off the financial aid of the students who had...
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 | Jun 25, 2018 | Monuments
Located in the Jeppesen Terminal of the Denver International Airport, Leo Tanguma’s “Children of the World Dream of Peace” is a powerful mural expressing the artist’s desire to abolish violence in society. One section of the piece speaks to the...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2017 | Monuments
“Cold War Horse” was created to acknowledge the history of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, its workers, and the surrounding community. During its operation Rocky Flats manufactured parts for nuclear bombs; an estimated 70,000 plutonium triggers were produced at the...
