by Susan | May 16, 2022 | Monuments
This statue was unveiled in Heald Square on December 15, 1941, the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights. It shows George Washington in his Revolutionary War uniform shaking hands with English-born Robert Morris on his right, and Polish-Jewish emigre...
by Susan | Apr 4, 2022 | Monuments
This was the first statue installed in San Antonio’s new San Pedro Creek Culture Park, a linear urban park that was previously a concrete-lined drainage ditch that serviced stormwater runoff in downtown San Antonio. Once complete, the 2.2 mile-long park...
by Susan | Mar 21, 2022 | Monuments
On the north side of the Capitol Square stands a winged female figure clad in flowing garments holding aloft the universal symbol of peace, an olive branch. This is the statue Peace. Though erected soon after the completion of the First World War, this monument honors...
by Susan | Mar 7, 2022 | Monuments
The stamp, designed by Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen, was commissioned by Standard Oil of Ohio in 1982 to sit in front of the new Standard Oil of Ohio building The stamp was also supposed to sit in front of the new Standard Oil of Ohio building...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2022 | Monuments
This memorial is located in Metairie Cemetery, just outside New Orleans. The text on the plaque reads: This memorial is dedicated to Peace and man’s search for it. …And they shall beat their swords into plowshares….Nation shall not lift up swords...
