Tag: Monuments and Memorials (Structures)
Workers Clean Up Washington Monument After Vandalism
Conservationists were working to clean the Washington Monument on Wednesday after it was vandalized with a vulgar, anti-government…
Things to Do in Washington, D.C.
Visitors are back in Washington, for all the reasons they came before.Gaggles of school groups and tour buses…
Explosion Destroys Mysterious Monument in Georgia, Authorities Say
An explosive device that “unknown individuals” detonated early Wednesday destroyed a granite monument in Georgia that was built…
Recipes Etched on Gravestone for All Eternity
At his home in Washington, D.C., Charlie McBride often bakes his mother’s recipe for peach cobbler. As he…
A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings
Sandra Mendoza picked a forest green panel to recall the S.U.V. her husband, Juan Espinoza, a car aficionado…
On the Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre, Victims Remembered
TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, a large candlelight vigil was held in Hong Kong each June 4, to…
Ukraine Tells Story of War in Museum Show
KYIV, Ukraine — Just days after Russian troops retreated from the suburbs surrounding Kyiv, Yuriy Savchuk, director of…
Recreating a Family’s Lost Holocaust History, Step by Step
That afternoon, we drove to what remains of Barcares, now an abandoned, overgrown field full of unclaimed internment…
Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Begins at Museum of Natural History
It was past midnight when a crane descended on the imposing bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, lifting his…