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 | Dec 30, 2024 | Monuments
This was not the monument I planned to feature today, but former President Jimmy Carter died yesterday, at the age of 100, so here he is. Engraved on the front of four low, granite benches around this monument are words describing the 39th President of the United...
by Susan | Mar 4, 2024 | Monuments
Unveiled in 2002, Savannah’s African-American Monument honors the contributions of its black citizens to its history, economy and culture, and acknowledges the city’s role in the institution of slavery. The monument was placed near the river, on the ground where many...
by Susan | Feb 12, 2024 | Monuments
The “Expelled Because of Color” monument, located near the Capitol Avenue entrance of the Georgia State Capitol, was dedicated to the 33 original African-American Georgia legislators who were elected during the Reconstruction period. In the first election after the...
by Susan | Oct 17, 2022 | Monuments
In 1933, in the depths of the depression, farmer Barlow Barton’s prize pig escaped. It was his winter pig, meant to feed the family. After two weeks of searching he found his pig, skinny, thirsty and desperate at the bottom of a dry well. After lowering some...
