by Susan | Jul 2, 2018 | Monuments
“Birds of Freedom,” installed by Mexican artist Victor Manuel Contreras in 1982, is at the entrance to the Pyramid Building (on the north side of Loop 410, across the highway from North Star Mall.) In the words of the artist, “The eagle, symbol of...
by Susan | Jun 25, 2018 | Monuments
Located in the Jeppesen Terminal of the Denver International Airport, Leo Tanguma’s “Children of the World Dream of Peace” is a powerful mural expressing the artist’s desire to abolish violence in society. One section of the piece speaks to the...
by Susan | Jun 18, 2018 | Monuments
The Integration was unveiled during the FSU Heritage Day Celebration on January 30, 2004. It consists of three figures standing approximately nine feet tall on a circular brick pedestal. It is based on the concept of “books, bats, and beauty.” The “books” element is...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2018 | Monuments
Legend has it that Kamehameha I, during his military campaign to unify the Hawai’ian islands, was chasing two non-combatant fishermen when his foot became caught in the reef. He was struck on the head by one of the panicked, fleeing fishermen with an oar, which...
by Susan | Jun 4, 2018 | Monuments
Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army since 1910, before and during World War II. Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with numbers ranging from as low as 20,000 to as high as 410,000. Many of the women were...
by Susan | May 28, 2018 | Monuments, Uncategorized
In the late 1980s, a young girl on a class trip walking Boston’s Freedom Trail asked, “Where are the women?” She sparked a movement to make the landscape of Boston more inclusive. The Boston Women’s Memorial honors three important contributors to Boston’s rich...
