Word: monumental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Henry Bacon was well known as a designer of settings for sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel C. French. Among his many successes are the memorial to James McNeill Whistler in the West Point Library and the Marcus Alonzo Hanna monument at Cleveland. But his crowning achievement was the memorial to Lincoln. Here his profound knowledge of Greek architecture, coupled with his skill in adapting classic design to modern needs, produced possibly the most dignified piece of architecture in the country. Mr. Bacon was selected by the Fine Arts Commission in 1911 to design this important work...
...Governor General Wood to Malolos, a town about 30 miles north of Manila. General Wood made a speech declaring that the Filipinos' desire for independence was "natural and creditable" and that "all should coöperate in establishing conditions precedent to independence." Aguinaldo, in full agreement, unveiled a monument commemorating the founding of the erstwhile republic...
...hills on either side of the town of Copan in Honduras the ancient Mayans erected two monuments. These points determined a base line, running due cast and west. By standing on the eastern monument the ancient astronomers were able to take accurate measurements of the point at which the sunset. From these observations, which were recorded daily in hieroglyphics, they computed eclipses, and other astronomical data...
...monument to the late U. S. President. Warren G. Harding, whose friendship for China and world peace was proved by his calling the Washington Conference, was unveiled in Central Park (Peking) near the altar of the Five Earths (which symbolizes the five races of China) on the 2,400th anniversary of the death of Confucius. There were present among others: Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, U. S. Minister; Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, former Chinese Minister to the U. S., who took a leading part in the Washington Conference; both gentlemen made speeches emphasizing President Harding's friendship...
...monument was erected by popular subscription through the efforts of the " Diplomatic Association." It is a marble obelisk ten feet high on a simple marble base which bears Chinese and English inscriptions...