by Susan | Feb 18, 2019 | Monuments
The original concept for the memorial was as a memorial for Vietnam Veterans but was changed to one which honored all those who died or were declared missing in wars fought from 1900 until now. The granite base surrounding the fountain now includes 5,558 names of...
by Susan | Feb 11, 2019 | Monuments
The Peace Fountain was sculpted by the Episcopal Cathedral’s Artist-in-Residence Greg Wyatt to mark the 200th anniversary of the Diocese of New York in 1985. The 40 foot-high bronze sculpture weaves together several representations of the conflict between good...
by Susan | Feb 4, 2019 | Monuments
Located in the middle of the popular Peace Plaza, it stands 12 feet high and is made of a circular tier of 57 life-sized interlocking bronze doves. They symbolize the 50 United States and the 7 major continents of the world. The three doves on top represent past,...
by Susan | Jan 28, 2019 | Monuments
The memorial features a stone bench with wrought iron gating around a cobblestone circle. Scattered bronzes of common objects such as shoes, glasses, a teddy bear and a suitcase represent items left behind by those persecuted during the Holocaust. A cobblestone...
by Susan | Jan 21, 2019 | Monuments
Located in the Carmelite Quarter, this monument was dedicated in May, 1999. The text reads: “They rendered silent resistance to the the Nazi tyranny. Through personal courage they saved threatened fellow citizens from persecution and death. They put themselves...
by Susan | Jan 14, 2019 | Monuments
Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus, a memorial to the civil victims of the Second World War, was unveiled on November 24, 1988. “Tor der Gewalt,” which is generally translated as “Gates of Violence” or “Gates of Power” or sometimes “Gates of War” is the first part of...
