by Susan | Jul 14, 2025 | Monuments
In Liepāja, Latvia, on December 15, 1941, thousands of Jewish women and children were taken to the women’s prison where they were stripped and shot dead. Many of the victims were photographed in their final moments by a Nazi photographer. One such photograph serves as...
by Susan | Dec 9, 2024 | Monuments
This is a community-based public art project designed to celebrate the advancement of the civil rights movement through the lunch counter sit-ins of 1960. These unique coffee cups reflect the simple request and courage of the NCA&T students who sat at the...
by Susan | Jul 18, 2022 | Monuments
In September, 2009 Chapel Hill renamed its historic Post Office Plaza (which also includes the county courthouse) as Peace and Justice Plaza, and marked the occasion with a granite plaque, embedded in the pavement, containing the names of nine local champions of peace...
by Susan | Jun 1, 2020 | Monuments
Rachel Carson (1907-1964), an environmental conservationist, author and scientist, is recognized as the mother of the modern environmental movement. Her 1960 book “Silent Spring” details the ecological hazards of post-WWII chemical pesticides. Carson’s...
by Susan | Aug 12, 2019 | Monuments
The Unsung Founders Memorial at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in McCorkle Place, one of the University’s quads. The memorial is a black granite tabletop supported by 300 bronze figurines and surrounded by 5 black stone seats. The...
