by Susan | Sep 30, 2019 | Monuments
Pax, a monument to Aristide Briand, is to the left of the front gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Quai d’Orsay. It is by Paul Landowski and was dedicated in 1937.The central relief shows peace sheltering a family; the robed figures represent the...
by Susan | Sep 23, 2019 | Monuments
The Irish Famine Memorial along the Riverway, was dedicated on November 17, 2007. A bronze statue of three Irish figures anchors one end of the site, with a walkway incorporating memorial bricks and flagstones leading to the memorial wall. There, a narrative plaque...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2019 | Monuments
This sculpture, Together for Peace and Justice by Xavier de Fraissinette, is in the Parc de la Tête-d’Or in Lyon. It was given to the city to commemorate the G7 conference which was held there in June, 1996. The seven figures represent the G7 nations (Canada,...
by Susan | Sep 9, 2019 | Monuments
The Sphere was commissioned by the owner of the World Trade Center, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in 1966. Sculptor Fritz Koenig started work in 1967 in his barn in Bavaria, while the WTC was in the planning stages, and finished it four years later in...
by Susan | Sep 2, 2019 | Monuments
Established on January 12, 2017, one of President Obama’s last acts as president, Freedom Riders National Monument shares stories of people and places that gained national attention in the fight against the injustices of Jim Crow laws and eventually led to...
