Monument

the Confederacy; that the war centered on states’ rights versus national legislation (Horwitz, theatlantic.com, 2013). Thousands of memorials and monuments stand throughout the eastern United States to commemorate the dead. The view on the primary purposed of the Civil War (emancipation versus states’ rights) influences ones evaluation of Civil War monuments. It seems justified to honor Union soldiers, who fought for the freedom of all, regardless of skin color. But is it appropriate to…

The History of the Navajo and Monument Valley The Navajo, or the Diné as they call themselves, have their own story about how they came to Monument Valley, which they call Tsé Bii’ Ndzisgaii or “Clearing Among the Rocks” (Perrottet; “Navajo History”). According to one version of that story, there were four worlds of different colors. On the first world there were some types of insects which made up the “Air-Spirit People,” four beings ruling over the four seas, and four clouds over the sea of…

Roman funerary monuments were used as a way to tell people about the lives or importance of those who passed away. The monument that I chose to analyze is called the Sextus Maelius Stabilio, Vesinia Iuncunda, and Sextus Maelius Faustus. I decided to analyze this because of the way that it stood out when compared to the other statues in the museum, because it shared a message of family and it also held a theme of pride. This particular piece is a 31 ½ by 58 ½ by 8 inch marble sculpture1 that was…

There is a six century gap between my oldest words, ‘monument’, to my youngest word ‘synchronization’. When this time span is put into perspective this gap does not come as a shock. Monuments have been built since the beginning of time. Their purpose is to commemorate and immortalize important people and significant events that have happened in history. For instance the Great Pyramid of Giza was built to serve as a final resting pace of a pharaoh. The Parthenon in Athens, Greece was once a…

Preserving Monuments of our Nation Currently historical monuments are under controversial conflict. Across Canada, there is dispute about renaming, removing, or preserving the monuments. Historical monuments should be preserved, they are expensive to remove and replace, these monuments celebrate and remember important historical figures, and inspire us everyday. Historical figures display an opportunity for Canadians to learn more about our history. They display characteristics of charisma,…

History of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Monument Monuments exist for the purpose of recognizing a significant individual or event. They provide a glimpse into the past, reflecting the attitudes of the government and people at a given time. However, as cultural ideas and norms shift towards a more progressive view, relics of the past are called into question. In American history, some of the most disputed examples of this are the myriad of memorials that honor the former Confederacy. One such…

Confederate monuments should be removed because they glorify and exemplify slavery, they highlight the country’s dark past, and are a symbol of white supremacy. Confederate monuments should be removed because they glorify slavery. The government should not honor leaders who defended and fought for slavery. The statues serve as a painful reminder of a dark past that involved the slavery of African Americans. The Confederate constitution upheld slavery. Slavery promotes social racial order. It…

A monument of the ten commandments was put in the lobby of a courthouse in Alabama, it was placed by Chief Justice Moore and his supporters. Their reasoning for placing the monument was that “God is often spoken of by founding fathers and a bible is used in courtrooms”. God is talked about in the pledge of allegiance and the bible in used when taking the oath or swearing to tell the truth. Some believe the monument should stay up because the ten commandments represent American law and religion,…

you walk in there is a high ceiling made of white marble and limestone on the walls. Lying between the north and south chambers is the central hall containing the figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation onto the Mirror Lake and the Washington Monument. In both south and north chambers, there are inscriptions of Lincoln’s inaugural speech . The Lincoln Statue is sitting down looking straight to the Mirror Lake, with the right hand on the chair, and left hand pointing at something. The…

Dinosaur National Monument ensures an expansive store of fossil bones of animals that lived almost 150 million years prior. The fossils enable us to take in more about these intriguing creatures. Dinosaur National Monument is extraordinary in light of the fact that guests can see fossils uncovered on the bluff face of the Douglass Quarry at the recreation center guest focus. This site gives a standout amongst other previews of Jurassic dinosaurs discovered anyplace on the planet. The quarry was…