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Monuments, Memory & Memorials
Statues, place names, commemorations, and reinterpretation debates.
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Lecture: “Invisible Monuments: Tribute, Memory, and the Summoning of the Past,” by Howard Mansfield
1+ week, 5+ day ago (198+ words) We live in an era of monument building, yet we don’t look at most of the monuments and memorials around us. Think of all the... Lecture: “Invisible Monuments: Tribute, Memory, and the Summoning of the Past,” by Howard Mansfield We…...
Bronze tribute to Tuskegee Airman revealed in Eatonton
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (623+ words) Approximately 350 people attended the Sept. 30 dedication alongside West Marion Street to honor an Eatonton native whose service in the U.S. Army Air Forces helped break racial barriers during World War II. For world-renowned sculptor Basil Watson, the strong community response was the…...
Kauaʻi veterans return home from Washington, D.C., after trip to honor their service during Vietnam era
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (596+ words) Kauaʻi veterans returned home to Honolulu for receptions after a poignant Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. Kauaʻi veterans returned home Saturday after a trip to Washington, D.C., where they visited military memorials, explored national museums, and received tributes recognizing…...
America’s first monument is a lesson in how to honor our warriors
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (223+ words) Flowering amid the Revolutionary War, the Montgomery Memorial is an essential lesson in celebrating our own warriors, a lavish illustration of the personal sacrifice and transcendent accomplishment that define war. Such high deeds command our honor, and honor itself depends…...
Honor Flight helps WWII veteran Lee Wood honor his WWI father's legacy in D.C.
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (77+ words) Lee Wood was one of the veterans who was able to travel to Washington, D.C., thanks to Honor Flights. He had a special mission to find his father's name, Hiram James Wood Jr., at the National World War I Memorial. Lee…...
Chesterfield Dedicates Historic Marker, Brick Walkway Honoring Revolutionary War Troops
21+ hour, 45+ min ago (631+ words) By 1780, the fight for American independence was failing. Shortly after Christmas 1778, British forces captured Savannah, Georgia. On May 12, 1780, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln surrendered his army in Charleston, South Carolina, including many Virginians who would die while being held captive on British…...
TWU to hold ribbon cuttings for Quakertown Memorial, new trail system
19+ hour, 49+ min ago (254+ words) Texas Woman’s University will hold two consecutive ribbon-cutting ceremonies Oct. 20 for the new Quakertown Memorial and a new outdoor trail system. The Quakertown Memorial will include a symbolic amphitheater that will have the names of residents imprinted in stone, along…...
Monument honoring generations of Ohio women to be unveiled outside Statehouse
22+ hour, 3+ min ago (115+ words) Spectrum News Monument honoring generations of Ohio women to be unveiled outside Statehouse COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the Capitol Square Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council will honor the women who shaped the state’s history with the Ohio Women’s…...
Travis monument goes up at Cuero courthouse
1+ week, 1+ day ago (316+ words) A small crowd gathered on the courthouse lawn Monday to watch as contractors unloaded the two-ton granite monument commemorating the famous “Victory or Death” letter Lt. Col. William Barret Travis dispatched from the Alamo shortly before forces there fell to…...
Eastern Iowa veterans travel to Washington to see memorials built in their honor
19+ hour, 4+ min ago (224+ words) WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Eighty-seven Eastern Iowa veterans traveled to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to visit the memorials built in their honor. The first Eastern Iowa flight of this kind took off in the 1990s. There have been 61 flights since then. Among the 87 veterans on…...