Located along the Potomac River, Arlington National Cemetery symbolises the history, sacrifice, and enduring values of the United States. The cemetery is a stark reminder of the sacrifices m… Read More
(Looks like they have succeeded in transforming a beautiful public work of art into a nice, progressive vacant lot. At least plant some turnips – DD)
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May 30, 1989: As a symbol of their call for democratic reforms in China, the original Goddess of Democracy was built by art students who erected it in Tiananmen Square. The gathering protest… Read More
The Lee Monument pedestal June 5, 2020 In June of 2020, whether they realized it, or not, Richmond's Fan District residents found themselves living at the epicenter of a cultural earthqua… Read More
North Bay, Ontario.From 1979 to 2009, a Bomarc missile was mounted on a pedestal at this site in Lee Park (now Veteran's Fields) serving as a monument to one of the most important and contro… Read More
(Catesby Leigh, Bacon’s Rebellion) In Charlottesville and Richmond, the fate of historical statuary hangs in the balance.
Charlottesville’s public spaces suffered major de… Read More
Crews remove the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond on Sept. 8. Pending city council approval, the statue and eight other Confederate monuments will be mov… Read More
It hasn't been clear what would happen to Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue, after it was hoisted off its stone pedestal in July, but the City Council has now made its decision: A local… Read More
The Lee Monument pedestal June 5, 2020 In June of 2020, Richmond's Fan District residents found themselves living at the epicenter of a cultural earthquake. Quite unexpectedly, the demonstr… Read More
A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been hoisted off its stone pedestal Read More
Old statues of Confederate generals are slowly disappearing—will monuments honoring people of color replace them? Frederick Gooding, Jr., professor of Humanities and African Ameri… Read More
Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital on Tuesday pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artefacts from a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once h… Read More
Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender, and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that hon… Read More
‘INCREDIBLE DAY’ AS LEE STATUE REMOVED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Cheers erupted Saturday as a Confederate statue that towered for nearly a centu… Read More
In this Sunday, Nov. 1, 1959 file photo, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin runs during a test in Star City, Russia. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in s… Read More
Yesterday afternoon (July 14) Brent Bettinger was at the site of Richmond’s famous/notorious Lee Monument (some now call that location “Marcus-David Peters Circle”) to shoo… Read More
Donald Trump personally ordered for a statue of a Confederate general to be put back up after protesters against racial injustice toppled and burned it last week, and he is reportedly prepa… Read More
A large cheer from the anti-monument crowd as the work to remove Jefferson Davis begins. pic.twitter.com/PT1X6UZwtI
— Danny Monteverde (@DCMonteverde) May 11, 2017
Very early Thursda… Read More
We will have 165 meetings in 43 countries for our international meetup day on February 6, 2016 at 8PM local time. Hosts have been instructed to wait at the meeting point from 8:00… Read More