by Susan | Feb 19, 2024 | Monuments
The sister cities of Amherstburg, Canada (pictured on the left) and Monroe, Michigan (on the right) dedicated memorials to the end of the War of 1812, Amhertsburg in 2012 and Monroe in 2017. The sculpture atop both monuments are by Joseph de Angelis and includes three...
by Susan | Oct 23, 2023 | Monuments
This statue of civil rights martyr Viola Liuzzo was installed in a Northwest Detroit park bearing her name on July 25, 2019. It was sculpted by Austen Brantley. The accompanying plaque tells her story: Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo(April 11, 1925-March 25, 1965) Viola...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2022 | Monuments
After a day of campaigning for the presidency, Senator John F. Kennedy arrived at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on October 14, 1960, at 2:00 a.m., to get some sleep. Members of the press had retired for the night, believing that nothing interesting would...
by Susan | Aug 10, 2020 | Monuments
Life-size bronze figures of eight contemporary people at the Solanus Casey Center at the Saint Bonaventure Capuchin Monastery represent the Beatitudes of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3–11.) Each of these individuals has shown through their life and...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2018 | Monuments
Sculpted by Ed Dwight and dedicated on October 20, 2001, the Gateway to Freedom International Memorial to the Underground Railroad pays tribute to Detroit’s contribution and the thousands of railroad conductors who made freedom possible.For many the city was the...
