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 ...
Churchill statue can be placed in the museum," says the granddaughter
A statue of Churchill in Parliament Square was boarded up, in front of a Black matter protest on Friday
Lives can A statue of Winston Churchill , to protect in a museum, if the demonstrations continue, said his granddaughter.
Emma Soames told The Bbc that the war-time Prime Minister was a "complex man", but he was considered a hero by millions.
She Said she was "shocked" to see The Monument in London's Parliament Square , with boarded up, although they understood why it was necessary to do this.
It came after protesters dog painted "was a racist" on The Statue Last Weekend .
Ms Soames said it was "extremely sad that my grandfather, who was a unifying figure in This Country , seems to discuss a type of Symbol is controversial. "
"We have come to this place in which the story is viewed only through the prism of The Present ," she told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme.
Ms Soames recognised her grandfather had often views "are right now, as not acceptable, but may not then".
But she added: "He was a strong, complex man, with infinitely more good than bad in the financial accounting of his life. "
you said if people are "so angry", by the sight of The Statue , it can be "safer" in a museum.
"But I think that Parliament Square would be a poorer place without him," she added.
Last Weekend , The Statue of Winston Churchill , spray-painted with The Words "was a racist"However, the author Shrabani Basu, who has books on the British Empire , said there were "Two Sides of Churchill" and "we need to know his Darkest Hour , as well as his Finest Hour ".
she argues that in India , Churchill is not shown, as a hero, citing his role in the 1943 Bengal famine, in which at least three million people are believed to have died.
While Ms Basu said that you want to see The Statue removed from Parliament Square , She Said , people should be taught, "the whole story" about the war-time figure.
On Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson .
"We can't try to edit or censor our past," he wrote moves to remove tributes of historical figures. "We can't pretend that a different story would have. "
The Statue in London's Parliament Square was the Box up in front of a Black Lives matter protest in Westminster on Friday Evening .
Why did Churchill polarize?Winston Churchill , who lived between 30 November 1874-24. January 1965, is often named among the UK's largest ever for people, but for some he remains a highly controversial image.
in Spite of his leading the country through the darkest hours of the second World War and as Prime Minister twice, critics point to his remarks, the wars on race, and some of his actions during the two world.
Churchill said that he did not admit wrong, to Native Americans or Aborigines as "a stronger race, a higher grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it like that, has come and taken its place".
His supporters argue that he can't keep by no means the only person to have these types of views during the period.
in addition, for the use of chemical weapons, "I'm poisoned, in favour of using gas against uncivilized tribes"
Another point of criticism is for his role in 1943 in which at least three million people are believed to have died after the allies stopped the forces and The Movement of food in the region inter alia by British India to run after the Japanese occupation of Burma.
Source of news: bbc.com
