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The Monument

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Originally published 1991
Authors Gary Paulsen
GenresFiction
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About The Monument


The Newbery Honor author of Hatchet and Dogsong delivers the moving story of an artist hired to design a war monument who forces a small Kansas town to confront issues they would rather ignore. An American Bookseller Pick-of-the-Lists and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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... Prof Cummings added: " The preservation of so many human remains in one part of The Monument is amazing, especially since the stone has been mostly robbed for building material...

Coins and medal found in mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s

Coins and medal found in mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s
Aug 30,2023 10:01 pm

... Underneath the marble face of The Monument the box was discovered, apparently placed there during the completion of the statute in 1829...

A muddy reveal for mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s

A muddy reveal for mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s
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... Underneath the marble face of The Monument the box was discovered, apparently placed there during the completion of the statute in 1829...

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... It comes after two bomb scares at the tower on Saturday forced The Monument to be evacuated twice in the same day...

The fight over a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery

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... The Monument, a bronze statue and plinth on top of a granite base, commemorates the men who fought and died for the slave-holding southern states in the US Civil War...

Colosseum: Tourist apologies for carving names on wall

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Jul 6,2023 7:31 am

...By Jasmine AnderssonBBC NewsA tourist filmed carving names on to an inner wall at Rome s ancient Colosseum says he did not realise how old The Monument was when he acted...

Thousands welcome summer solstice at Stonehenge

Thousands welcome summer solstice at Stonehenge
Jun 21,2023 2:11 am

... On the solstice, the sun rises behind the entrance to the stone circle, and rays of light are channelled into the centre of The Monument...

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... Inscribed on The Monument is our holy martyrs ...

Black playwright's statue in Bristol doused in 'bleach'

May 15,2023 10:31 pm

It is Not Yet known whether The Statue was irreparably

A statue of the Jamaican poet, playwright and actor, Alfred Fagon was doused with a bleach-like substance to be damaged.

The Monument in St Paul's, Bristol, built in 1987 on The First anniversary of his death.

Mr Fagon was The First black person to have a statue erected in her honor in The City .

It is believed The Attack happened overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday was reported to The Police , on Thursday .

The Statue was erected in the green of Grosvenor Road on The First anniversary of the Alfred Fagon's death in 1987,

Avon and Somerset police said it was working with Bristol City Council to establish ownership of The Statue and to determine whether she had suffered permanent damage.

It Comes after The Black lives matter, anti racism protesters tore down a statue in Bristol is on Sunday.

- Who's Alfred Fagon was?

He was born in Jamaica in 1937, The Third of nine brothers and Two Sisters .

at The Age Of 18 years he came to England to work for the railroad before joining the army, before moving to Bristol to work as a welder in the 1960s.

one Of his first pieces, No soldiers in St Paul's, explores The Social tensions between The Police and The Black population in the 1970s in Bristol.

His last role was to Fight in The Bbc show Back in St. Pauls, Bristol.

He died suddenly of a Heart Attack at 28. August 1986 in front of his apartment in Camberwell, London.

At The Time -not claimed to police, they were able to identify him, and he was a pauper ' s funeral.

The annual Alfred Fagon award was named after him and is for playwrights of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK.



racism, edward colston, black lives matter

Source of news: bbc.com

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