by Susan | Sep 18, 2023 | Monuments
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...
by Susan | Aug 15, 2022 | Monuments
Situated in an elm and holly grove on the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences, the Einstein memorial was unveiled on April 22, 1979, in honor of the centennial of his birth. It is by sculptor Robert Berks. He is holding papers containing facsimile handwriting...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2021 | Monuments
The Universalist National Memorial Church on Dupont Circle was the flagship congregation of the Universalist Church of America from 1930 until 1961, when the denomination merged with the American Unitarian Association to form the Unitarian Universalist Association....
by Susan | Oct 11, 2021 | Monuments
Police and fire call boxes were installed throughout the Washington, D.C. starting in the 1860s. They began to become obsolete with the introduction of the 911 emergency call system in the 1970s, and the working electronic components were all removed by 1995. The Art...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2021 | Monuments
In Turkish, the phrase “Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh” — “Peace at Home, Peace in the World” — was first said by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 20 April 1931 to the public during his tours of Anatolia (aka Asia Minor.) This stance was later...
