Word: monumentalizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mortals ever dared to dream before." The "s" in "mortals" offended Mr. Fontaine. He hated its sibilance, knew that there was no "s" in Poe's original version. So Mr. Fontaine determinedly edited out the "s" with a chisel. A policeman arrested him for defacing the public monument...
Reburied. Abraham Lincoln II, son of the late President Robert Todd Lincoln of Pullman Co. Abraham Lincoln II died in London, aged 16, in 1890 while his father was Minister to Great Britain. He was buried in the national Lincoln monument at Springfield, Ill., beside his famed grandfather, his grandmother and his Uncles William ("Willie") and Thomas ("Tad"). He was reburied in Arlington National Cemetery beside his father...
...attracting visitors up the single path, Harvard Ave., to investigate the name of the claimant to such relative magnificence. Every Memorial Day witnesses the press of scores of people to the central eminence, whence they may enter into a spirit of the services held at the base of this monument. It is the subject of considerable surprise that the latter remains very meagerly decorated. Years ago, when a fence surrounded the spot, an occasional wreath was deposited within. One little old lady used to appear regularly and translate the Latin inscription for the benefit of the curious. She always left...
...resemble (except for a galley funnel) the oldtime Viking ships, which reached Havana last week from Port Palos, Spain, after a 42-day voyage. Aboard: a crew of four and Captain Gerhard Folgero, good friend of the late Explorer Amundsen. Their aim: to collect funds to erect an Amundsen monument...
...expresses architecturally the purposes of the constitution.* Its classic colonnade, its symbolic sculpture, its lofty and spacious trading floor are character transmuted into form. Surrounded by towering office buildings it stands alone, withdrawn somewhat, from the street by a cordon of green lawn and foliage, a massive and enduring monument to the ideals of its founders and those who carry...