by Susan | Aug 3, 2020 | Monuments
In 2000 this was designated as the official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It was dedicated on May 30, 1934 in Veteran’s Memorial Park. On the front of the base is a bronze plaque with the relief sculpture of a mourning woman with her head...
by Susan | Feb 17, 2020 | Monuments
The Dove of Peace was designed and built to stand over the dais where Pope John Paul II stood to deliver his greetings and blessings during his visit in September of 1984. The frame of the structure originally included a white canvas tarpaulin covering to provide...
by Susan | Dec 30, 2019 | Monuments
A sculpture billed as “a crowd-supported and funded public monument to freedom, cultural diversity and inclusiveness” was unveiled in July, 2017 at a festival celebrating Los Angeles’ diversity. The Freedom Sculpture in Century City was...
by Susan | Dec 23, 2019 | Monuments
Could that building’s color be enchilada red? San Antonio readers are probably disoriented by this photo. No, this is not the San Antonio Central Library. It is the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, designed by Ricardo Legorreta in 1991, the same year he...
by Susan | Dec 16, 2019 | Monuments, Uncategorized
Resolution (1995), by Cypriot sculptor Theodoulos Grigoriou, reiterates the faith of the city of Nicosia and its inhabitants to human rights as the only precondition to peace and freedom. On the round cement base, part of the text of the Universal Declaration of Human...
by Susan | Dec 9, 2019 | Monuments
The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is a .81-acre educational park inspired by Anne Frank’s faith in humanity. Built by the Idaho Human Rights Education Center, the privately funded memorial opened on Aug. 16, 2002, as a gift to the city of Boise. The...
