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...Meanwhile, there's another battle of Iwo Jima in the offing. The Air Force will tomorrow dedicate a site for a proposed monument to their boys' part in the war ? to be built right next to the current Iwo Jima memorial. The Marines are understandably upset, and are trying to block construction...
Slayton said he believes that Gomes might have approached the commitment ceremonies issue cautiously because of controversy over a Civil War monument almost two years...
Hughes laid the groundwork for the issue by trekking to more than 100 cities, including Charlottesville, Va., home of Monticello, "where you couldn't sit down because everything was a historical monument," and Prout's Neck, Maine, where he looked upon the same "great, severe coastline" that inspired Winslow Homer. His cross-country expedition produced an eight-part mini-series, also called American Visions, which will air on PBS from May 28 to June 18, and a 635-page companion volume just published by Alfred A. Knopf...
...species, life-size and engraved in full color on the largest sheets of paper then available, he would shoot each bird and wire up its corpse on a board in an attitude that seemed both aesthetically pleasing and full of information: the bird became a sketch for its own monument...
...show traces how, from Jefferson's time to our own, classical models have shaped our buildings and sculpture, providing symbols for everything from the dollar bill to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The city of Washington was planned and built according to such models, and structures like the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial have helped transform the capital into a "historic theme park" laid out to teach Americans the virtues of civilization. In a poignant segment, Hughes stands alongside the black granite walls of the Vietnam Memorial and learns from mourners and visitors what...