Monday’s Monument: Rush-Bagot Monument, Washington, D.C.

Monday’s Monument: Rush-Bagot Monument, Washington, D.C.

After the War of 1812, tensions between the U.S. and Britain were still high. One reason was militarization of the Great Lakes. U.S. Minister and future president John Quincy Adams had proposed the idea of disarmament of the Great Lakes; the British government, liking...
Monday’s Monument: Free At Last, Boston, Massachusetts

Monday’s Monument: Free At Last, Boston, Massachusetts

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...
Monday’s Monument: “Uncle Jack,” Baton Rouge, LA

Monday’s Monument: “Uncle Jack,” Baton Rouge, LA

The Good Darky (also called Uncle Jack) is a 1927 statue of an unnamed, elderly African American man. Originally erected in Natchitoches, Louisiana, it stood there until 1968, but is now on the grounds of the Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum in Baton...
Monday’s Monument: Peace Obelisk, Jenner, California

Monday’s Monument: Peace Obelisk, Jenner, California

This sculpture is inside a 60-foot circular state park, the second smallest state park in California, on the Sonoma Coast. Also known as ‘Madonna of Peace’ and ‘The Expanding Universe,’ the 93-foot sculpture dominates the cliff and is visible...