What is the ‘National Garden of American Heroes?’ How Trump wants to mark the semiquincentennial
President Donald Trump is hoping to revive his 2020 initiative for the “National Garden of American Heroes" and is planning a ...
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City of Santa Fe begins removing box around soldiers’ monument
The soldiers’ monument, also known as the obelisk, was built to honor U.S. Civil War soldiers who fought for the Union. However, it contained a quote honoring the “heroes who have fallen in ...
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How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall
The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional and other roadblocks. By Jennifer Schuessler The end of a ...
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NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is about 745 feet tall, and an American ...
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A waterlogged Vermont landmark needs $40 million in repairs, preservation officials say
THAT WAS THE DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION FOR THE VERMONT STATE HISTORIC SITES, TESTIFYING BEFORE A COMMITTEE AT THE STATE HOUSE ABOUT THE BENNINGTON BATTLE MONUMENT. HE TOLD LAWMAKERS THE MORE THAN ...
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Biden officially designates 2 new monuments in California
The White House announced last week that Biden would designate the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument — protecting a combined 848,000 acres of particular ...
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After Hall of Fame induction, CC Sabathia deserves a place in Yankees’ Monument Park
Sabathia’s next honor should be a spot beyond the center-field wall at Yankee Stadium in Monument Park, where his legacy can be displayed next to the greatest New York Yankees in franchise history.
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Biden creates sweeping new California monuments at White House
He noted the Chuckwalla monument would be added to an 18-million ... Biden's latest actions cap a lengthy and broad-based battle to protect the lands as monuments after generational efforts ...
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A tale of 2 downtown San Antonio fountains: One jeered, the other restored
A few years later, architect Alfred Giles’ design for a soaring monument to the heroes of the Alamo (covered here Oct. 26, 2024) was revived and supported by Callaghan but never built (because ...
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Moon placed on World Monument Fund list of heritage sites in need of protection
The Moon has been placed on World Monuments Fund's watch list of threatened cultural sites for the first time. The organisation said an increase in tourism and Moon exploration could damage the ...
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The Surprising True Story Behind ‘Rogue Heroes’
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight's BBC One drama series Rogue Heroes borrows heavily from the real history captured in British author Ben Macintyre's book SAS: Rogue Heroes. In the first ...