Challenge: Monuments and sculptures, May 2 - June 7
May 30, 2022 09:52:20 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
photophile wrote:
A few:
Regarding that last one, we have a number of places round here where those people finally came to rest (in life and in death). I'll have to see if I can find a companion to your nice image.
May 30, 2022 09:53:45 #
May 30, 2022 09:56:27 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
BrHawkeye wrote:
Three more from Washington, D.C. Two fit the Memorial Day sub-theme. One doesn't.
Nice fountain, but I really like the inscrutability of the Bishop in that last one
May 30, 2022 09:58:44 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
photophile wrote:
Cedar Hill Cemetary, Hartford, CT:
There's marked pathos in the dead leaves of that first one
May 30, 2022 10:39:51 #
J-J-J-J-Jayhawk
Loc: Dallas, by way of Lebanon, MO
Thanks, Kaskazi. I love this topic. On Memorial Day, I’ll start my contribution with …
This monument to the US 101st Airborne near Bastagone, Belgium, at the site of the Battle of the Bulge (WWII). There, US GIs saved “le bacon de la Francais,” which is honored throughout the region.
Closer to home, the Andrew Jackson monument in N’awlins
Lady Liberty, looking troubled
Father George
Honest Abe
And the Hero of San Juan Hill
May 30, 2022 10:59:42 #
judy juul
Loc: Cheshire, Ct.
An usual sight at New London, Ct. two historical monuments...The Wale -NEW LONDON, Conn. — It was envisioned as a striking centerpiece of this city’s revitalized waterfront, an eight-foot-high blackened sculpture of an upright whale’s tail from which water gushes in a gentle waterfall that allows children to frolic underneath. There is also a funny story regarding the whale that would be of interest -so look it up and get a laugh!
The statue in the backround is The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown New London was dedicated in 1896.
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May 30, 2022 11:34:05 #
a few from my files
May 30, 2022 12:09:06 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
It is fitting that the focus today should rest on Memorial Day. For a different take, here is a monument celebrating the arrival of the first Roman Catholic missionaries in Uganda, 17 February, 1879. This date is now celebrated by those of the RC faith in Uganda as "Memorial Day". On a family vacation safari with my parents in 1955, I visited the then-rather-remote Kigungu peninsular and its monument. It has since become an important place of pilgrimage for the faithful, with the monument upgraded and protected, and with significant building for worship and other pilgrim accommodation.
A more modern image of the now-celebrated memorial can be seen (scroll near bottom) at
https://entebbenews.net/hundreds-mark-136-years-of-the-catholic-faith-in-uganda-amid-heavy-down-pour/
Unfortunately the place has recently been flooded by the rising waters of Lake Victoria (with climate change, likely to become a not-infrequent event). The local crocodiles no doubt add an extra element of excitement to the pilgrimage.
And last, another Uganda monument, visited on that same trip.
A more modern image of the now-celebrated memorial can be seen (scroll near bottom) at
https://entebbenews.net/hundreds-mark-136-years-of-the-catholic-faith-in-uganda-amid-heavy-down-pour/
Unfortunately the place has recently been flooded by the rising waters of Lake Victoria (with climate change, likely to become a not-infrequent event). The local crocodiles no doubt add an extra element of excitement to the pilgrimage.
And last, another Uganda monument, visited on that same trip.
Kigungu RC memorial, Uganda
Not my pic, and sorry I omitted to record the web page - will remove if requested by copyright holder
May 30, 2022 12:20:49 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
J-J-J-J-Jayhawk wrote:
Thanks, Kaskazi. I love this topic. On Memorial Day, I’ll start my contribution with …
Icons, all. 101st most justly celebrated. I remember being slightly disappointed when I first saw the Lady from the deck of the Queen Elizabeth - she looked much smaller than I had expected. I was at Rushmore in '61 and remain staggered by the concept and execution.
May 30, 2022 12:23:24 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
judy juul wrote:
An usual sight at New London, Ct. two historical monuments...The Wale -NEW LONDON, Conn. — It was envisioned as a striking centerpiece of this city’s revitalized waterfront, an eight-foot-high blackened sculpture of an upright whale’s tail from which water gushes in a gentle waterfall that allows children to frolic underneath. There is also a funny story regarding the whale that would be of interest -so look it up and get a laugh!
Nice to see soldiers and sailors celebrated together - but the whale steals the show doesn't it
May 30, 2022 12:26:09 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
katspangle wrote:
a few from my files
Code talkers a great national security triumph - great statue and photo, and I like the two-tone.
May 30, 2022 12:28:05 #
Kaskazi
Loc: Ontario, Canada
katspangle wrote:
a few from my files
Oh, and re the mall art - Snap! The Chuska Puma is arresting
May 30, 2022 12:29:13 #
Kaskazi wrote:
I think of monuments as creations which celebrate ... (show quote)
Excellent and love the last ⭐💰⭐💰⭐
May 30, 2022 12:32:18 #
William wrote:
I thoght it was family friendly
oh I forgot what the greats did
they broke rules in the time it took
results still can stir a man to thinik
oh I forgot what the greats did
they broke rules in the time it took
results still can stir a man to thinik
They drove me to the sink 😁😁😁😁😁
May 30, 2022 12:32:57 #
William wrote:
wait a minute
Exceptional, Bill 🍀☀️🍀☀️🍀
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