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 ...
Plymouth Rock Mayflower monument covered in graffiti
The Rock marks the area where pilgrims from the Mayflower landed spraying
Plymouth Rock , which has been a monument marking The Landing place of the Mayflower in Massachusetts, covered in red paint, officials confirmed.
The Rock is found one of several tourist attractions in and around the Plymouth waterfront devastated on Monday Morning .
It is unclear whether The Incident on the 400-year anniversary this year.
It is not the First Time , a monument to the pilgrim, which was damaged in the Massachusetts city.
The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England in September, 1620, with 12 "pilgrim fathers" bound for a new life. The Ship landed in what New Plymouth ", Massachusetts on December 21 "has become, in a place that is now Plymouth Rock .
The Rock is located in Pilgrim Memorial State Park on the shores of the US city. It is a small piece of a larger rock that was in the city at the time that The Pilgrims settled,
pictures posted on Social Media several site snow show covered in red paint, including The Rock , a pilgrim statue, and the four scallops roll statues.
Lea Filson, executive director of, Plymouth, said: "to See this kind of disrespect, the historical memories of the Mayflower story is sad and disturbing.
"The wave of consternation and anger about The Incident , it was a positive end to a thoughtless gesture," she added.
Melissa Arrighi, Plymouth town manager, said on Twitter that she was saddened by the recent vandalism.
city officials confirmed on Facebook that a clean-up operation is already underway. He warns, however, in a Facebook post that some of the memorials.
Source of news: bbc.com
