Word: monuments
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...write as a member of the F.D.R. Memorial Commission and as a grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt's. Your article on the debate over the memorial's depiction of F.D.R.'s disability [Monuments, March 6] was inaccurate and unbalanced, and although you characterized my position on the monument, Time made no attempt to interview me. While it is true that none of the sculptures relating directly to F.D.R. depict him in his wheelchair or on crutches, the fact of his being stricken with polio is prominently expressed, carved in granite, in a chronology of landmark events of his life. F.D.R...
...Harleston Parker Medal, established in1921, is awarded each year to "the most beautifulpiece of architecture, building, monument ofstructure within the City or Metropolitan ParksDistrict limits," according...
Vladimir Zhirinovskywas only in India for three days, but he won't soon be forgotten. The Russian nationalist ended his visit today by calling the magnificent 17th century Taj Mahal a "monument that reminds husbands to indulge in corruption so that they can build their Taj Mahal for their wives." At aphoto-opat the mausoleum yesterday, Zhirinovsky reclined in a marble niche, Roman style, and invited photographers to click away. He capped off the tour this morning by suggesting that India annex Pakistan and Bangladesh, then presenting a bottle of Russian vodka to a top Indian minister...
...lost an arm in the war), and including grandson David Roosevelt, is hunkering down. But the tide seems to be against their view: that F.D.R.'s deception of the 1930s-politically incorrect now but necessary, he believed, for the politics of the time-should be perpetuated in a monument intended for the ages. "We all need to understand what it was this man conquered,'' says Goodwin. "If Franklin Roosevelt were to come back, I think he would want his disability to be shown in some way." He would be amused by the debate. After all, he once said, "There...
...image of the U.S. has been of an imperialist country,'' says history teacher Samuel Vargas as he guides his sixth graders around the monument. Watching them, Luis Garcia, a castle guard, offers a different view. Unbuttoning his gray uniform, he reveals a T shirt emblazoned NEW YORK. In fact, since 1988 Chicago has become Garcia's second home. After 25 years guarding the Boy Heroes, he earns only $40 a week. For the past seven years, he has taken a May-to-October leave of absence, hopped a plane to visit his sister, then overstayed his tourist visa to work...