Word: monumentalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...longshoremen, disgruntled at a wage reduction of 15? an hour, swarmed out of a meeting hall to the waterfront to wait for strikebreakers on their way to work. Harbor police saw the sullen crowd approaching, sent in a riot call. Major clash occurred at the base of the Liberty Monument, which stands near the river in memory of the men of New Orleans who died for the overthrow of Carpet Bag rule.* As the dawn came up, police charged the blackamoors, some of whom withdrew, firing revolvers. Most of the mob was arrested: 103 for disturbing the peace...
...Following the Civil War, Louisiana suffered sorely from unscrupulous Republican politicians supported by the Federal Government, backed by the new Negro vote. The New Orleans monument commemorates a fight between the "White League" (Democratic ex-Confederates) and the Republican police on Sept. 14, 1874. The State returned to normal after the election of Francis Tillon Nicholls to the governorship...
George Nathaniel Curzon, the late Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, father of obstreperous Lady Cynthia Mosley, was recalled last week by the unveiling of a monument to him in London on the sixth anniversary of his death...
April 5?Dedication of monument to the late Poet Rupert Brooke; at his grave on Skyros Island, Greece. Inscription: "To Rupert Brooke and to immortal poetry;" by fellow British and European poets...
...devotion or ability to the service of the University than did William Coolidge Lane. As Librarian for thirty years, he was the leader in building up the college library and in making its collections accessible to scholars. The perfection of the facilities of Widener library will remain a lasting monument to his administration...