tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77532592539917429822024-03-13T21:17:02.580-07:00Photo-opstm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.comBlogger1122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-92038122660946027292023-11-13T10:39:00.000-08:002023-11-13T11:51:52.096-08:00Greenhouse Display: Chrysanthemum Show - Smith College, Northampton, MA<h2><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">2023 Fall Chrysanthemum Show</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lyman Conservatory</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Smith College</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Northampton, MA</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3ORlMlsRpg4oL0sEgyHE_StrATgNUbfZbRSug_9GAOMrTZHBckVddUXX9BxSe55PCZteeM4Zx_XgJaXQyOY08nd6Tu52uHJZHQ3PfFHr5Q1sxQAGA1i_T56TjiBi5EvQIFTUSBfv4lntYheW8vsxMNnbn0s05sKwxpbad0G3g3MYhnHEdUpUJ9Q4KbK_/s5184/P1000500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3ORlMlsRpg4oL0sEgyHE_StrATgNUbfZbRSug_9GAOMrTZHBckVddUXX9BxSe55PCZteeM4Zx_XgJaXQyOY08nd6Tu52uHJZHQ3PfFHr5Q1sxQAGA1i_T56TjiBi5EvQIFTUSBfv4lntYheW8vsxMNnbn0s05sKwxpbad0G3g3MYhnHEdUpUJ9Q4KbK_/w480-h640/P1000500.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">The</span><b style="font-weight: 400;"> </b></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fall Chrysanthemum Show at Smith College was scheduled from November 4 to 19 between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm (donations are requested but not required). This show features the writings of 1955 graduate and Pulitzer Prize winning author Sylvia Plath. She wrote newspaper articles, poetry, and a novel about items in the Lyman Conservatory collection. </span></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3Kc36W7GFHSGpvEybGH3pHLEH4GmJiph4Hlrq-KpU3rk3Ccc20xDjiAa0S6R8ZjMcpNneUy6Zu8viH23Gm16WggidBDW9DR3UhBtqdd12U5_7AlZshHyO32tqYAqj5NTYe2jP9qOMXDENd0EKbCtYxiDGJpJzAf1y24hMHVbgEmiyJYbjLuoZlQ0WoNM/s5184/P1000503.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3Kc36W7GFHSGpvEybGH3pHLEH4GmJiph4Hlrq-KpU3rk3Ccc20xDjiAa0S6R8ZjMcpNneUy6Zu8viH23Gm16WggidBDW9DR3UhBtqdd12U5_7AlZshHyO32tqYAqj5NTYe2jP9qOMXDENd0EKbCtYxiDGJpJzAf1y24hMHVbgEmiyJYbjLuoZlQ0WoNM/w400-h300/P1000503.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZhPZK-zDPkd0fL9kNtQok40RBqO5lo9gF2CPbgCRuhVQY0rJrjTuDEGZkU0dTH6vvx4SheorHV2y5Qguc32N_LWzW5JVitM4bMWzMXs9ot5yvOKWrwjAtuVmqthenw5AuEwxQ7dD8SyLgGnHkoUJeAF3NVz0Cu62SmhDGhMgnNiraZ_NV3qoCUJY4izI/s5184/P1000502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZhPZK-zDPkd0fL9kNtQok40RBqO5lo9gF2CPbgCRuhVQY0rJrjTuDEGZkU0dTH6vvx4SheorHV2y5Qguc32N_LWzW5JVitM4bMWzMXs9ot5yvOKWrwjAtuVmqthenw5AuEwxQ7dD8SyLgGnHkoUJeAF3NVz0Cu62SmhDGhMgnNiraZ_NV3qoCUJY4izI/w400-h300/P1000502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwt6i-1EJG78_6CCHf1DxxRyF2SwM_mwlwyLfkofKoZ4oTrG_fZEKzMSYvTtMmxbDajI6cptCn1u_BvtoysNnVc6EWWLE6xQl5dph5zyVI9KTN8pvev6geoVcIxUSvGACF1vr52YeNNk5HnRNQRRiGk_7AMhQ8h7Gfv49hf60gc3Ojgr9SEd7jabxQlGS/s5184/P1000509.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwt6i-1EJG78_6CCHf1DxxRyF2SwM_mwlwyLfkofKoZ4oTrG_fZEKzMSYvTtMmxbDajI6cptCn1u_BvtoysNnVc6EWWLE6xQl5dph5zyVI9KTN8pvev6geoVcIxUSvGACF1vr52YeNNk5HnRNQRRiGk_7AMhQ8h7Gfv49hf60gc3Ojgr9SEd7jabxQlGS/w400-h300/P1000509.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Many </span></span><span>Chrysanthemum hybrids were created and displayed by Smith College students. 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A monument honoring the man who was one vote away from becoming President of the United States, Benjamin Franklin Wade, is tuck away in Wade Park, a small neighborhood park on Franklin Street, in Feeding Hills, MA.<br />
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A small, neglected plaque reveals an unusual bit of history about the man who was one vote away from becoming President of the United States. The plaque is inscribed:<br />
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<b>IN HONOR OF</b></div>
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<b>BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WADE</b></div>
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<b>BORN OCTOBER 27, 1800</b></div>
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<b>IN FEEDING HILLS</b></div>
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<b>PRESIDENT PRO TEMP</b></div>
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<b>UNITED STATES SENATE</b></div>
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<b>DIED MARCH 2, 1878</b></div>
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<b>IN JEFFERSON, OHIO</b></div>
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Benjamin Franklin Wade was born in Feeding Hills, MA, moved to Jefferson, Ohio, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1828. He became the senator from Ohio in 1851 and rose to become the President Pro Tempore of the senate as a Radical Republican. After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson became President. That meant that Benjamin Franklin Wade was next in line to become President, since there was no Vice President. . </div>
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When President Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1868, a trial was held in the senate. If Johnson was convicted Wade would then become President. Even though most senators thought Johnson was guilty, the vote to convict Johnson failed by one vote. Many senators considered Wade as being too radical. </div>
tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-92118919548543205482019-07-14T04:28:00.001-07:002019-07-14T04:28:08.245-07:00Fictional Figures: Daphnis and Chloe - Williamstown, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Clark Art Institute</span></b></div>
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Daphnis and Chloe are the protagonist of an ancient Greek novel written in the second-century AD by Greek novelist Longus. The sculpture is on permanent display at the Clark Art Institute at 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA.<br />
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Daphnis and Chloe is a 55" by 29" by 22" marble sculpture created in 1874 by French artist Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. The assertion in the novel by the Greek writer Longus is: “no one has ever escaped love, nor ever shall, so long as beauty exists and eyes can see.”<br />
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Both Daphnis and Chloe were abandoned and left to die by their parents at birth. They were separately rescued and raised by shepherds. Being naive, they fall in love but do not understand what is happening to them. The shepherds are of no help. After a series of misadventures they find their birth parents and marry, happily.<br />
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<b>Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux</b><br />
<b>French, 1827-1875</b><br />
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<b>Daphnis and Chloe</b><br />
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<b>Daphnis caresses Chloe’s neck, tenderly leaning </b><br />
<b>toward her as if to whisper in her ear or brush her </b><br />
<b>cheek with his lips. Carpeaux became famous, even </b><br />
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<b>which some of his contemporaries considered </b><br />
<b>indecent. This marble group was inspired by Longus’s </b><br />
<b>Daphnis and Chloe, an ancient Greek narrative that</b><br />
<b>asserts: “no one has ever escaped love, nor ever shall, </b><br />
<b>so long as beauty exists and eyes can see.”</b><br />
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"GeoUtopia" is a large mural located on Worthington Street behind the currently unoccupied building at 8-12 Stearn Square in the dining district Springfield, MA.<br />
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Fresh Paint Springfield took place in early June 2019. The City of Springfield commissioned nine artists to paint murals at various locations around the downtown area.<br />
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"GeoUtopia" is a 50' long by 25' high abstract mural painted by Easthampton artist Kim Carlino. The artist describes herself as an "... interventionist, mining the space between painting and drawing. I explore the evolutionary nature of mark making and relationships between color, geometry, line and form."<br />
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The focus of this abstract mural are central, yellow, oval forms against a red and black background. The form is criss-crossed by a series of black line segments, white circular arcs, and light blue and gravy wavy curves. She includes a black spiral design, which is seen in many of her works, throughout the yellow form.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-68064052819986726472019-06-19T04:22:00.000-07:002019-06-19T04:23:35.826-07:00Fresh Paint Springfield Mural: Beast in the Paint - Springfield, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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"Beast in the Paint" is a massive mural located at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Worthington Street in downtown Springfield, MA.<br />
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Fresh Paint Springfield took place in early June 2019. The City of Springfield commissioned nine artists to paint murals at various locations around the downtown area.<br />
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"Beast in the Paint" is a basketball themed mural was created by the legendary, British-American, Bronx resident, graffiti artist who calls himself Wane One. Springfield is the Birthplace of Basketball and the home to the basketball Hall of Fame. Located on the six story East Columbus Avenue Parking Garage, the mural wraps around the northwest corner of the building for 185', covers most of the brickwork at the first two stories of the garage and rises to the top of the six story stairwell.<br />
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The title has a double meaning. The beast is the huge parking garage which he painted. The paint is a basketball term for the area in and around the basket. The beast in the paint is then a proficient player in this area. The stairwell is painted with a series of basketballs, of various sizes, against a blue background which rise to the top of the building. Here you will find the name of the mural and his characteristic signature. The rest of the mural is painted with a muticolor array of geometric shapes.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-14837098641623058072019-06-16T05:17:00.001-07:002019-06-16T05:17:07.107-07:00Roadside Attraction: Grave of the Smiley Face Inventor - Worcester, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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The inventor of the ubiquitous smiley face, Harvey Ross Ball, is located in the western edge of the St. Rita section of Notre Dame Cemetery, Worcester, MA.<br />
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When the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, MA found it necessary to raise worker morale they hired freelance artist Harvey Ross Ball to design a happy image for posters, buttons, and signs. The result was the smiley face. Note: the original smiley face has oval eyes, the left eye is slightly larger, and the smile is asymmetrical.<br />
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Harvey Ball took ten minutes to create the image, was paid $45, and never applied for a trademark or copyright for his design. Thus, it entered the public domain and became free for anyone to use. The smiley face then became a world wide icon.<br />
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His grave marker contains the original image of the smiley face on both the front and the back.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-81789940194002063142019-06-01T05:24:00.003-07:002019-06-01T05:24:48.180-07:00Human Migration Monument: British Home Children Memorial - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<div style="text-align: center;">
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A memorial to the British Home Children who were sent to Canada is located along Marginal Way opposite Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.<br />
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From the late 1869 to 1948, over 100,000 children emigrated from the United Kingdom to Canada. They were sent as indentured farm workers and domestics. Canadians assumed they were orphans, but most came from families that had fallen on hard times. Since there was no social safety net, over 50 charities participated in this program.<br />
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The memorial to the British Home Children is 6' high rectangular granite stele inscribed in both English on the front and French on the back. It contains, on top, a coat of arms with the inscription <b>HOME CHILDREN CANADA</b> and the motto <b>SPES IN CANADA</b> (HOPE IN CANADA). Below is the flag of the United Kingdom. The memorial is inscribed:<br />
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On December 6, 1917, the biggest man-made explosion prior to the atom bomb occurred in Halifax Harbor.<br />
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In Halifax Harbor on the morning of December 6, 1917 the Norwegian ship S.S. Imo collided with the French ship S.S. Mont-Blanc, which was carrying a cargo of high explosives. The resulting explosion devastated Halifax, Dartmouth, and surrounding communities. Every structure in a 1.6 mile radius of the explosion was demolished and many more were damaged. About 1900 people were killed and 9000 were injured.<br />
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This bell tower was erected in Fort Needham Park as a memorial to those who lost their lives or suffered injuries and to the survivors who rebuilt the cities or Halifax and Dartmouth.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-61562643970010261372019-05-17T04:37:00.000-07:002019-05-25T04:40:39.944-07:00Roadside Attraction: Mystery Tower of Newport - Newport, RI<div style="text-align: center;">
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he mysterious Newport Tower is located in Truro Park at Mill Street and Bellevue Ave. in Newport, RI.<br />
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There has been much speculation about the origin of the Newport Tower. Some believe it is evidence of pre-Columbian visits by Vikings, the Portuguese, the Knights Templar, or even the Chinese. In 1993 carbon-14 dating of the oldest mortar of the Tower indicated a date of 1635 and 1698. Newport was settled by the followers of Roger Williams in 1636 and was incorporated as a town in 1639. The C-14 evidence is consistent with the Tower being constructed in the colonial era.<br />
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The best information is that the Tower is the remains of a windmill. Benedict Arnold (December 21, 1615 – June 19, 1678), the first colonial governor of Rhode Island, mentions "my stone built Wind Mill" in his will. The Tower is located near his grave and the site his now demolished mansion.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-62447126696204915962019-05-05T07:10:00.003-07:002019-05-05T07:10:45.461-07:00Statue of Historic Figure: Wendell Phillips - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A bronze bust of orator, abolitionist, native American and women's rights activist Wendell Phillips is located in the Bates Reading Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA.<br />
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A life size bronze bust of "abolition's Golden Trumpet" Wendell Phillips rests on a 4' high black pedestal. The bust depicts only the head and neck of Phillips with his head turned to his right.<br />
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A sign attached to the wall next to the sculpture is inscribed:<br />
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<b> Wendell Phillips 1869</b><br />
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Wendell Phillips was born in Boston, MA on November 29, 1811. He graduated from Boston Latin School, Harvard University, and Harvard Law School. He believed that that racial injustice was the source of all of society's ills, quit practicing law, joined the American Anti-Slavery Society, and fought for the abolition of slavery. A gifted orator, he earned the nickname "abolition's Golden Trumpet". In 1845 he wrote In 1845, he wrote the essay "No Union With Slaveholders", in which he argued that it was "impossible for free and slave States to unite on any terms".<br />
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Phillips was an early champion for women's rights. In 1846, he wrote in William Lloyd Garrison newspaper The Liberator that women should have rights to their property, earnings, and to be able to vote. Phillips was a close adviser to Lucy Stone and a member of the National Woman's Rights Central Committee. He helped organize their conventions and published their Proceedings.<br />
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Phillips also argued that the 14th Amendment granted citizenship to Native Americans and was instrumental in the creation of the Massachusetts Indian Commission.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-69733322440435043942019-05-05T06:46:00.004-07:002019-05-05T07:11:04.044-07:00Statue of Historic Figure: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A bronze bust of poet, physician, and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. is located in the Bates Reading Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston St., Boston,<br />
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The life-size bronze bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. depicts Holmes from the mid-chest up. He is wearing a bow tie, vest and suit jacket. The bust rests on a 4' high black pedestal. A metal sign attached to the top of the pedestal is inscribed:<br />
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was a polymath. He was a poet, novelist, biographer, essayist, and a physician. Born on August 29, 1809 in Cambridge, MA, he graduated from the Phillips Academy, Harvard College, and Harvard Medical School. He wrote poetry at an early age and his most famous poem "Old Ironsides" was published when he was only 21, in 1830. The poem was influential is the saving of the USS Constitution, now the oldest commissioned ship in the world.<br />
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Holmes, along with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, and James Russell Lowell were members of the Fireside Poets. A group of American poets whose works rivaled those of English poets. He often published his works in The Atlantic Monthly.<br />
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<i>Old Ironsides </i><br />
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<i>Puerperal Fever as a Private Pestilence </i><br />
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<i>The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table </i><br />
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"The Stereoscope and the Stereograph", The Atlantic Monthly, volume 6 (1859)<br />
"Sun-painting and sun-sculpture", The Atlantic Monthly, volume 8 (July 1861)<br />
"Doings of the sun-beam", The Atlantic Monthly, volume 12 (July 1863)<br />
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<i>John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir </i><br />
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<i>Our Hundred Days in Europe </i>tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-44735781231545924782019-05-02T06:31:00.000-07:002019-05-02T06:31:00.699-07:00Statue of Historic Figure: Sir Walter Scott - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A marble bust of Scottish poet, playwright, novelist, and author Sir Walter Scott is located in the Bates Reading Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA.<br />
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The white marble bust of Sir Walter Scott by British sculptor John Hutchison. It is a replica of the sculpture by Sir Francis Chantrey that is located in the library at Abbotsford, Scotland. Walter Scott is depicted from mid-chest up. He is wearing a kilt wrapped around his upper body as a cape. He is looking towards his left. The bust rest on a circular plinth on top of a 5' high circular polished black granite pedestal<br />
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<b>SIR WALTER SCOTT</b><br />
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Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 15, 1771. He studied law at Edinburgh University. At age 25, while practicing law, he began writing poetry. He achieved recognition as a poet with the publication of the poem, "The Lay of the Minstrel", in 1805. One of his most popular poems "Lady of the Lake" was published in 1810.<br />
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Sir Walter Scott is considered to be the creator of the modern historical novel. He wrote the tale of the 1745 Jacobite rising in the Waverley Novels, which was first published anonymously in 1814. His most famous novels include Rob Roy (1817) and Ivanhoe (1820). Scott was also a playwright - MacDuff's Cross (1823) and non-fiction writer The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (1825–1832).<br />
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Sir Walter Scott died of typhus on September 21, 1832 and is interred in Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-3173814174059960152019-05-01T12:00:00.000-07:002019-05-05T07:11:19.626-07:00Statue of Historic Figure: Alice Stone Blackwell - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A marble bust of women's rights activist Alice Stone Blackwell is located next to her mother, Lucy Stone, in the Bates Reading Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA.<br />
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A 2' high white marble bust of Alice Stone Blackwell depicts the head and shoulders of the editor, author, and women's rights activist.<br />
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A sign on the wall next to the bust is inscribed:<br />
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<b>Alice Stone Blackwell 1960</b><br />
<b>Frances L. Rich</b><br />
<b>American, 1910-2007</b><br />
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<b>Social activist Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950)</b><br />
<b>spent the latter part of her childhood in Dorchester,</b><br />
<b>Massachusetts, where her family members were</b><br />
<b>prominent participants in the abolition and women's</b><br />
<b>suffrage movements. A talented writer, Blackwell</b><br />
<b>graduated from Boston University in 1881 and</b><br />
<b>eventually became chief editor of the Women's</b><br />
<b>Journal, an influential publication promoting woman's </b><br />
<b>rights. Blackwell applied her activism for the National</b><br />
<b>Association for the Advancement of Colored People</b><br />
<b>(NAACP) and translating texts of underrepresented</b><br />
<b>immigrant populations, among others. An actress</b><br />
<b>and sculptor, Frances L. Rich also produced</b><br />
<b>likenesses of Margaret Sanger, Katherine Hepburn </b><br />
<b>and Diego Rivera</b><br />
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<b>GIFT OF MRS. STANLEY McCORMACH THROUGH</b><br />
<b>THE BOSTON LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, 1960</b><br />
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Alice Stone Blackwell was also active in Woman's Christian Temperance Union and, in 1903, she reorganized the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom in Boston. She was president of the New England and Massachusetts Woman Suffrage associations and honorary president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters.<br />
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Publications of Alice Stone Blackwell:<br />
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<i>Growing Up in Boston's Gilded Age: The Journal of Alice Stone Blackwell</i>, 1872–1874<br />
<i>The Ballot and the Bullet</i> (1897)<br />
<i>Armenian Poems</i> translated by Alice Stone Blackwell (1896)<br />
<i>Songs of Russia</i> (1906)<br />
<i>Songs of Grief and Joy</i> by Ezekiel Leavitt translated from Yiddish. (1908)<br />
<i>Some Spanish-American Poets</i> translated by Alice Stone Blackwell (1929)<br />
<i>Lucy Stone: Pioneer of Woman's Rights</i> (1930)tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-24782444232692101112019-05-01T11:26:00.001-07:002019-05-01T11:31:03.225-07:00Statue of Historic Figure: Lucy Stone - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A marble bust of women's rights activist Lucy Stone is located in the Bates Reading Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA.<br />
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A 2' high white marble bust of Lucy Stone depicts the 19th century abolitionist and women's rights activist from the mid-chest up. She is wearing a V neck blouse and a bonnet.<br />
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A sign on the wall next to the bust is inscribed:<br />
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<b>Lucy Stone 1892</b><br />
<b>Anne Whitney</b><br />
<b>American, 1821-1915</b><br />
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<b>Lucy Stone was a prominent American orator,</b><br />
<b>abolitionist, and suffragist. She significantly</b><br />
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<b>Stanton to take up the cause of women's rights;</b><br />
<b>the three are considered the nineteenth-century</b><br />
<b>triumvirate of American feminism. This bust</b><br />
<b>by noted American sculptor Anne Whitney at</b><br />
<b>one time occupied an obscure spot on the third</b><br />
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<b>GIFT OF JUDITH WINSOR SMITH, EDNAH DOW CHENEY,</b><br />
<b>AND GEORGE A. WALTON.</b><br />
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Lucy Stone was a prominent orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women. She attended Oberlin College in Ohio and was the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She was married to Henry B. Blackwell but retained her own name throughout her life.<br />
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She worked as a lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society. After the Civil War she became a strong advocate for women's suffrage and formed the Women's Suffrage Association of Boston. She founded and edited the Women's Journal, a weekly feminist magazine. Stone helped form the National Women's Rights Convention held October 23–24, 1850, in Worcester, MA. She also helped form the American Woman Suffrage Association, which built support for a woman suffrage Constitutional amendment by winning woman suffrage at the state and local levels.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-5950069289067338252019-05-01T05:01:00.001-07:002019-05-05T07:11:34.270-07:00Statue of Historic Figure: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A marble bust of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is located in the Bates Reading Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA.<br />
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On the second floor of the Boston Public Library is the hugh Bates reading Room. There you will find busts of many famous persons.<br />
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The life size, white marble bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rests on a black marble 5' high pedestal. He is depicted from mid-chest up, wrapped in a robe with wide labels. A sign on the wall next to the sculpture is inscribed:<br />
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<b> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow c.1879</b><br />
<b> Samuel James Kitson </b><br />
<b> American, 1848-1906</b><br />
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, ME then a part of Massachusetts. He graduated Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, ME and became a professor at Bowdoin then Harvard Colleges. He is most famous for is lyric poetry although he also wrote several novels. His most famous poems include:<br />
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<i>The Village Blacksmith</i> (1840)<br />
<i>Poems on Slavery</i> (1842)<br />
<i>The Wreck of the Hesperus</i> (1842)<br />
<i>Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie</i> (1847)<br />
<i>The Song of Hiawatha</i> (1855)<br />
<i>The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems</i> (1858)<br />
<i>The Children's Hou</i>r (1860)<br />
<i>Paul Revere's Ride</i> (1860)<br />
<i>Tales of a Wayside Inn</i> (1863)<br />
<i>The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems </i>(1875)<br />
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, along with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, and James Russell Lowell were members of the Fireside Poets. A group of American poets whose works rivaled those of English poets.<br />
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Longfellow died on March 24, 1882 in Cambridge, MA. In 1884, he was the first and only American poet to have his bust placed in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey, London.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-70246401604846530392019-04-28T16:17:00.000-07:002019-04-30T04:23:22.158-07:00Statue of Historic Figure: Sir Henry Vane, Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A statue of the 6th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Sir Henry Vane, is located in a niche in vestibule of the Dartmouth Street entrance of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library.<br />
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A 7.8' by 3.5' by 3' bronze sculpture of Sir Henry Vane stands on top of a 3.25' by 2.8' by 2.8' green marble pedestal. Vane is wearing formal 17th attire including shirt with a ruff neck, boots with spurs, breeches, a jacket with large cuffs, a cape, and a hat folded up on the left side. He is holding a coat over his left arm and has a baton tucked into the crook of his right arm. The statue was created by Frederick William MacMonnies in 1893 and cast at Jaboeuf & Bezout Fondeurs.<br />
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<b> BUT IT PLEASES GOD TO STIR THEM UP SUCH FRIENDS, VIZ.,</b><br />
<b> SIR HENRY VANE, WHO HAD SOMETIME LIVED AT BOSTON</b><br />
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Sir Henry Vane born in 1613 in Essex, England into a noble family. After studying at Oxford and travelling through Europe he adopted Puritan views and joined the Puritan migration to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1637, Vane was elected governor of the colony.<br />
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He became a supporter of Anne Hutchinson who espoused Antinomianism, a belief that existing laws and practices were not necessary for salvation. He also supported the freedom of religion, the cause of Roger William, the establishment of the Rhode Island Colony, and founding of Harvard College.<br />
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In 1639 he returned to England to become a position as Treasurer of the Royal Navy and was made a knight by King Charles. He supported Oliver Cromwell's position of freedom of religion over that of King Charles. However after the Parliamentary victory in the First English Civil War, the Presbyterian group in the House of Commons introduced legislation hostile to the views on religious tolerance held by Vane.<br />
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The Second English Civil War saw the defeat and execution of King Charles and the formation of a Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. Vane headed the committee that reformed the navy, drafted new Articles of War, and formally codifying naval law. Vane and Cromwell disagreed on many domestic issues and Vane retired and formed a religious teaching group, known as "Vanist". After Cromwell's death in 1658, King Charles II was restored to the throne. Vane was arrested on July 1, 1660 on the orders of the King and imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was transferred to He was transferred to the Isles of Scilly in October 1661. He was returned to the Tower of London and on 2 June 2, 1662 he was charged with of high treason against the King. He was beheaded on June 14, 1662.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-29072102663008365972019-04-28T16:08:00.004-07:002019-04-28T16:09:15.713-07:00Philatelic Photograph: Mural XII - Sir Galahad Passes From The Land - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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The mural "Sir Galahad passes from land" is on display in the Abbey Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library at 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA.<br />
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American painter Edwin Austin Abbey was commissioned to create a fifteen-panel mural for the Boston Public Library. He chose as his subject "The Quest for the Holy Grail". This set of murals is on display in the Abbey Room of the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library. The murals were installed between 1895 and 1902.<br />
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A part of Mural XII of this series "Sir Galahad passes from the land" is depicted on the United States stamp issued on February 1, 2001 as part of American Illustrators series of 25 stamps. Sir Galahad weds the maiden he freed, Blanchefleur, but, as the mural depicts, leaves on a white horse on their wedding night in order to remain a virgin and complete his quest.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-72522101032742900102019-04-22T05:08:00.000-07:002019-04-24T05:08:21.475-07:00Civil War Memorial: 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Memorial - Boston, MA<div style="text-align: center;">
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A sculpture of a lion adorns the memorial honoring the members 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the Harvard Regiment, who fought in the Civil War. The memorial is located in the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. in Boston, MA.<br />
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A larger than life sculpture of a lion in couchant position is one of a pair of lions sculpted by Louis St. Gaudens in 1890 and placed in the main branch of the Boston Public Library. The lion that was commissioned by and the honors the members of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry who fought in the Civil War adorns the left side of the grand staircase as you climb up the steps. The lion is sculptured from unpolished yellow Siena marble and rests on a 10' high rectangular marble base.<br />
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The back of the base contains the dedication:<br />
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<b>IN HONOR</b></div>
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<b>THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY OF BOSTON</b></div>
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The upper part of the front of the base is inscribed with the names of Civil War Battles:<br />
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<b>BALL'S BLUFF - FAIR OAKS - GLENDALE</b></div>
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<b>THE WILDERNESS - SPOTTSYLVANIA- COLD HARBOR</b></div>
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A sculpture of a lion adorns the memorial honoring the members 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry who fought in the Civil War. The memorial is located in the McKim Building of the Boston Public Library 700 Boylston St. in Boston, MA.<br />
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A larger than life sculpture of a lion in couchant position is one of a pair of lions sculpted by Louis St. Gaudens in 1890 and placed in the main branch of the Boston Public Library. The lion that was commissioned by and the honors the members of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry who fought in the Civil War adorns the right side of the grand staircase as you climb up the steps. The lion is sculptured from unpolished yellow Siena marble and rests on a 10' high rectangular marble base.<br />
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The back of the base contains the dedication:<br />
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<b>SECOND MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY</b></div>
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The upper part of the front of the base is inscribed with the names of Civil War Battles:<br />
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<b>WINCHESTER - 1862 - CEDAR MOUNTAIN</b></div>
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<b>MARCH TO THE SEA - SAVANNAH</b></div>
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<b>SHERMAN'S CAROLINA CAMPAIGN</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">George Town, Grand Cayman Island</span></b></div>
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Legislative Assembly Building of the Cayman Islands is located at 33 Fort St, George Town, Cayman Islands.<br />
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In 1909 the first Legislative Assembly met is was is now the Cayman Islands National Museum at 3 Harbour Dr. The present Legislative Assembly building was first poured concrete public building in the Cayman Islands. It was designed by the Jamaican firm, Rutkowski, Bradford & Partners. The cornerstone was laid on 29 September 1971 and the building was completed in July 1972.<br />
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In 2003, the building was renovated and enlarged and first used by at opening of the Legislature session on July 2, 2004. Hurricane Ivan, 11–12 September 2004, devastated much of the Cayman Islands but did only minor damage to the roof of the building.<br />
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The stamp was issued by Cayman Islands in 1972 as part of a set of four stamps celebrating the opening of the new Legislative Assembly Building and the Courthouse.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-68627622077612741492019-02-09T14:14:00.000-08:002019-03-26T14:16:30.327-07:00Philatelic Photograph: Courthouse Building - George Town, Grand Cayman Island<div style="text-align: center;">
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The Cayman Islands Courthouse Building is located south of Heroes Square at 61 Edward St, George Town, Cayman Islands.<br />
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The Courthouse building on Grand Cayman Island was completed in 1972. it was designed by by the Jamaican firm, Rutkowski, Bradford & Partners, who also designed the Legislative Assembly Building and the Glass House.<br />
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The Cayman Islands Judicial System now runs 10 courtrooms a day on average and has outgrown the building. While a new courthouse is being planned, the Cayman Islands has acquired the Scotia complex on Cardinal Avenue in downtown George Town provide space to to handle the overload.<br />
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The stamp was issued by Cayman Islands in 1972 as part of a set of four stamps celebrating the opening of the new Courthouse and the Legislative Assembly Building.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-38347910701927797562019-02-09T13:16:00.000-08:002019-03-27T13:16:56.934-07:00Figurative Public Sculpture: Blue Iguana "Blu" - George Town, Grand Cayman Island<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">George Town, Grand Cayman Island</span></b></div>
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A sculpture of a Cayman Island blue iguana is located on the sidewalk on Main Street near the intersection with Edward Street in George Town, Grand Cayman Island.<br />
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Sculptures of the endangered Cayman Island blue iguana are located on the Blue Dragon Trail throughout Grand Cayman Island. The trail has 15 larger than life sculptures of Grand Cayman’s largest native land animal, which grows to over five feet long, and reaches 25 lbs in weight. Only 15 to 25 members of this species are found in the wild.<br />
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Several blue iguana sculptures are located in Georgetown. This 8' long realistic sculpture, by Charles Long, called "Blu" depicts the iguana in its natural colors. It was created in 2005 in conjunction with the Blue Iguana Recovery Program.<br />
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A plaque, placed by the Bostonian Society, commemorating the Boston Molasses Flood is located at the north entrance to the Harborwalk at 529 Commercial Street in the North End of Boston, MA.<br />
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A green plaque attached to a stone wall commemorating the Great Boston Molassas Flood is inscribed:<br />
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<b>Boston Molasses Flood </b><br />
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<b>On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank at 529</b><br />
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The Boston Molasses Flood is one of the most unusual disasters ever to occur. On January 15, 1919, in the North End of Boston, MA, a 2,300,000 gallon, 8,700 m3, molasses storage tank, owned by the Purity Distilling Company, exploded. In seconds, the tank emptied and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph, 56 km/h, killing 21 and injuring 150.<br />
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On that day the temperature rose above 40° F, 4.5 C and pressure built inside the tank. Rivets broke loose and shot out from the poorly constructed storage tank, unleashing a 40' wave of molasses. The elevated railroad tracks buckled and buildings were swept off their foundations and crushed. The city streets were flooded to a depth of 2' to 3'. People and horse were ensnared in the sticky molasses and could not escape. It took 300 people nearly two weeks to remove the molasses from the streets. Molasses remained in the harbor until summer.<br />
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The following is an alphabetical listing of those who died in the accident:<br />
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Patrick Breen, 44 - Laborer<br />
William Brogan, 61 - Teamster<br />
Bridget Clougherty, 65 - Homemaker<br />
Stephen Clougherty, 34 - Unemployed<br />
John Callahan 43, - Paver<br />
Maria Di Stasio, 10 - Child<br />
William Duffy, 58 - Laborer<br />
Peter Francis, 64 - Blacksmith<br />
Flaminio Gallerani, 37 - Driver<br />
Pasquale Iantosca, 10 - Child<br />
James H. Kinneally, ? - Laborer<br />
Eric Laird, 17 - Teamster<br />
George Layhe, 38 - Firefighter<br />
James Lennon, 64 - Teamster/Motorman<br />
Ralph Martin, 21 - Driver<br />
James McMullen, 46 - Foreman<br />
Cesar Nicolo, 32 - Expressman<br />
Thomas Noonan, 43 - Longshoreman<br />
Peter Shaughnessy, 18 - Teamster<br />
John M. Seiberlich, 69 - Blacksmith<br />
Michael Sinnott, 76 - Messenger<br />
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The Princeton Battle Monument commemorates Washington's first major victory in the Revolutionary War, It is located in a park between Routes 206 and 27 in Princeton, NJ<br />
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A 40' Beaux Arts style high relief sculpture honors the men of the Continental Army who fought and won the battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777. In this battle Brigadier General Hugh Mercer and the Continental Army fought against a British force led by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mawhood. After General Mercer's position was overrun Washington sent reinforcements under Brigadier General John Cadwalader. Washington then arrived with more troops, rallied the army, and forced Colonel Charles Mawhood to retreat back to Trenton.<br />
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The Indiana limestone sculpture rests on a granite base. The sculpture was created by Frederick William MacMonnies, Thomas Hastings was the architect, Marion Sims the architect, and the Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios did the fabrication. The sculpture was dedicated on June 9, 1922.<br />
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The high-relief grouping depicts General George Washington facing north. He is wearing a tri-corner hat and cloak while mounted on a horse. He is surrounded by seven of his soldiers in various positions. Immediately below Washington is an allegorical female figure representing Liberty. Surrounding them are seven wounded Revolutionary War soldiers standing, crouching, kneeling and lying down.<br />
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The sides of the monument are carved with reliefs of sarcophagi and obelisks that are decorated with trees and weapons and the seals of the states of the original colonies and the seal of the United States.<br />
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On the back is the following inscription:<br />
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<b>HERE MEMORY LINGERS</b></div>
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<b>MARCHED THROUGH THE NIGHT</b></div>
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<b>FOR OUR FREEDOM </b></div>
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A nearby sign explains the significance and history of the monument. it is inscribed:<br />
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<b>This Monument, which commemorates the January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton, depicts Liberty inspiring General Washington as he leads his troops into battle, and the death of General Hugh Mercer. The seals of the United States and the original thirteen states appear on the sides of the Monument, and the inscription on the back was composed by Andrew Fleming West. Commissioned in 1908, the Monument was designed by the Beaux Arts sculptor Frederick MacMonnies with the assistance of architect Thomas Hastings. President Warren G. Harding was present for the 1922 dedication.</b><br />
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<b>In 2006 the Princeton Parks Alliance, in carrying out the vision of Princeton Borough Major Joseph O’Neill, undertook a project to permanently illuminate the Monument. As with the original construction of the Monument, local citizens responded with generous donations. The Monument lighting was funded with gifts from Princeton University, Sara and Alexander Buck, Randy and Herb Hobler, Betty Johnson, Douglas F. Bushnell, Marie and Edward Matthews, Barbara and Art Morgan, The Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation, Betsy and Tod Peyton, Joan and Bill Schreyer, Charles C. Townsend Jr., Andrew Kootz and Laurie Harmon, Wendy and Peter Benchley, Sherry MacLean, and many more. Additional funding from the State of New Jersey was made possible through the efforts of Assemblyman Reed Guscior</b>a.tm01001http://www.blogger.com/profile/12959326499156411347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7753259253991742982.post-42680354444632843792018-10-31T13:27:00.000-07:002018-10-31T13:27:09.350-07:00Famous Fictional Figures: Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman - Sleepy Hollow, NY<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ichabod Crane</span></b></div>
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A bas relief sculpture of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman is located at the entrance to Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY<br />
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Washington Irving's classic tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was set in the Tappan Zee area of the Hudson River Valley near the Old Dutch Church and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in North Tarrytown, NY.<br />
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In this legend, the area is haunted by the Headless Horseman believed to be the ghost of a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannon ball during the Revolutionary War. The Horseman is seen most often riding by the Old Dutch Church and nearby cemetery, where according to local lore he was buried. He is believed to be in search of his head. Ichabod Crane is prone to believe in the supernatural and is fascinated by this story. That is, until he actually encounters the Headless Horseman.<br />
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The Village of North Tarrytown, where the legend takes place, renamed itself Sleepy Hollow in 1996. A bas relief sculpture of the Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman is located alongside Route 9, at the entrance to Philipsburg Manor, a short distance south of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.<br />
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This, approximately 4' high, semi-circular granite bas relief sculpture was created by Michael Gressel and installed in 1974. It depicts the moment when Ichabod Crane was riding for his life on his horse Gunpowder. Hapless Ichabod is being closely followed by the Headless Horseman, who is about to throw his jack-o'-lantern head at Ichabod. The Old Dutch Church is shown in the background.<br />
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The sculpture was given in celebration the centennial of the village of North Tarrytown. A granite tablet in front of the sculpture is inscribed:<br />
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<b>PRESENTED TO</b></div>
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