by Susan | Mar 30, 2026 | Monuments
The Embrace is a bronze sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas, dedicated on Boston Common in January, 2023. It commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and depicts four intertwined arms, representing the hug they shared after he was awarded the Nobel...
by Susan | Apr 29, 2024 | Monuments
This bronze statue of Edward Everett Hale (1822 – 1909) was unveiled in 1913. The Bela Lyon Pratt work depicts Dr. Hale later in life as if he were strolling through the garden. The life-size statue stands atop a granite base. Around the base is a circular array of...
by Susan | Apr 8, 2024 | Monuments
Michael Alfano created this sculpture in response to the need for world peace and understanding in the wake of the attacks on 9/11. The artist explains his artistic vision and the significance of the work at his website: “One World United For Peace” is on...
by Susan | Jul 31, 2023 | Monuments
Located in Marsh Plaza on the campus of Boston University, Free at Last is an abstract sculpture made of rust-covered sheets of hammered Cor-Ten steel welded together to form a flock of fifty doves in flight. Each dove represents one of the fifty states. The sculpture...
by Susan | Jan 3, 2022 | Monuments
Dedicated in 1868, this forty-foot-tall monument commemorates the use of ether as an anesthetic, a pivotal moment in medical history. The first public demonstration of ether anesthesia was conducted at nearby Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846 by Boston dentist...
