The Monument
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| Originally published | 1991 |
| Authors | Gary Paulsen |
| Genres | Fiction |
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| ID | 2321056 |
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.
Skeletons discovered in rare 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney
... 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
... 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
... Underneath the marble face of The Monument the box was discovered, apparently placed there during the completion of the statute in 1829...
US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk - prosecutors
... 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
... 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
...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
... 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...
After the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, can a community heal?
... Inscribed on The Monument is our holy martyrs ...
Casimir Pulaski may have been woman or intersex, study says
Casimir Pulaski fought alongside American troops against The British in 1777
The 18Th Century Polish-American general Casimir Pulaski was either female or Intersex , researchers say.
Pulaski, a nobleman who joined George Washington 's army and fought British troops in 1777, is considered A War hero in both Poland and the US.
Scientists first found that Pulaski's skeleton had female characteristics about 20 years ago, but were unable to prove it was definitely him.
But DNA testing has now confirmed The Female skeleton was indeed Pulaski's.
Their findings will be set out in a Smithsonian Channel documentary, called "America's Hidden Stories: The General Was Female?" on 8 April.
Who was Casimir Pulaski ?Pulaski was born in Warsaw in 1745 and became interested in politics from an early age.
As a teenager, he was outlawed by Russia for fighting for Polish independence, fleeing to Paris.
It was there he met The American revolutionary Benjamin Franklin , who convinced him to support the colonies fighting against England in the American Revolution .
in 1777's the Battle of Brandywine, finding an Escape Route through which Washington and his soldiers were able to retreat.
He died in 1779 at the age of 34,
Pulaski's bones had been kept in a metal container underneath a monument in Savannah, Georgia - so when The Monument was temporarily removed about two decades ago, researchers were able to exhume and study his skeleton.
Charles Merbs, who was a forensic anthropologist at Arizona State University at the time, from the University of Georgia .
"Dr Burns said to me before I went in, 'go in and don't come out screaming'," he says. "She Said study it very carefully and thoroughly And Then let's sit down and discuss it.
"I went in and immediately saw what she was talking about. The skeleton is about as female as can be. "
How did they confirm it was Pulaski?After This , they had to prove that the bones did in fact belong to Pulaski and that they had not been replaced with The Remains of Someone Else .
They first studied the skeleton's injuries, which were consistent with horse riding and battle.
The next step, then, was to test the skeleton's DNA.
Since the type of DNA they needed to test is passed down through women, Dr Merbs and Dr Burns tracked down The Remains of Pulaski's grandniece to see if it was a match.
But testing at the time wasn't advanced enough, and they were not able to get any results. The bones were reburied next to The Monument , and their findings were classed as "opinion".
The Matter was forgotten until recently, when three other researchers decided to look back into The Evidence and see if they could get better results with more up-to-date technology.
When they tested the bones, The Match was positive - the skeleton's DNA was "identical" to that of Pulaski's descendant.
The UN says that up to 1. 7% of The World 's population are born with Intersex traits - meaning they are born with both male and female sex characteristics.
Dr Merbs says it is unlikely that Pulaski, who was raised male, ever believed he was female or Intersex - just that "something was wrong".
"Back in those days, they just didn't know," he adds.
history, intersex, forensic science, united states
Source of news: bbc.com
