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Monday’s Monument: Hand of Peace, Barnard’s Green, England

Monday’s Monument: Hand of Peace, Barnard’s Green, England

by Susan | Jan 11, 2021 | Monuments

Rose Garrard was commissioned in 1998 to create this sculpture to draw attention to an existing commemorative stone on a war memorial site in Barnard’s Green, which was neglected and regularly vandalized. She researched and developed the designs in consultation with...
Monday’s Monument: Mahomet Weyonomon Memorial, London, England

Monday’s Monument: Mahomet Weyonomon Memorial, London, England

by Susan | Nov 2, 2020 | Monuments

In the garden of Southwark Cathedral there is a sculpture commemorating the burial of Mahomet Weyonomon, a chief, or Sachem, of the Mohegan tribe in Connecticut, who had come to London to seek justice for his people. British settlers had taken lands belonging to the...
Monday’s Monument: Magna Carta Monument, Runnymede, England

Monday’s Monument: Magna Carta Monument, Runnymede, England

by Susan | Aug 31, 2020 | Monuments

The American Bar Association (ABA) came to visit Runnymede in the 1950s and was surprised to find no official memorial to the Magna Carta. After discussion with the local authority and the National Trust, the idea of an ABA sponsored memorial was initiated, and Sir...
Monday’s Monument: Let There Be Peace Poem, Huddersfield, England

Monday’s Monument: Let There Be Peace Poem, Huddersfield, England

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...
Monday’s Monument: “Futility”, Wilfred Owen Statue, Birkenhead, England

Monday’s Monument: “Futility”, Wilfred Owen Statue, Birkenhead, England

by Susan | Apr 6, 2020 | Monuments

A statue commemorating the life of war poet Wilfred Owen was unveiled marking the 100th anniversary of Owen’s death. He was raised in this town, across the Mersey River from Liverpool, before dying in action aged 25, just one week before the end of the First World War...
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