Statues, Monuments and Memorials
Chuck’s 2017 Farewell
Below is a screenshot of Chuck's goodbye when he retired.
I should mention that I knew Chuck for only 32, years, not 40. Our acquaintance dated to my awareness of him when he was profiled in THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. You can read that article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Chuck
Chuck’s First Post at WU
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Chuck’s Hand-Picked Weird News, History, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Weird Universe, Chuck
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Here is a shot of the ancient fortress city of Sigiriya, followed by pictures of parts of the staircase you must ascend to visit the place. Please let us know if you would be eager and happy to make this climb, or prefer to remain down below.Videos follow the still shots.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 29, 2022 -
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Category: Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Travel, Danger, Risk, and Peril, Asia
Coral Castle, Florida
Their homepage.Their Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 30, 2022 -
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Category: Architecture, Eccentrics, Regionalism, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, North America, Twentieth Century
Mystery Gadget 40
A granite sphere sitting on a base. No moving parts. Yet it performed a useful function. What?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 23, 2016 -
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Category: Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Technology, 1910s, 1940s
Pax Victis
In 1930, the residents of Dedham, Mass. paid $12,600 for a war memorial on which was inscribed the phrase "Pax Victis." But six years later a Latinist pointed out that the phrase meant "Peace to the conquered," which didn't quite sound right. It's along the lines of 'Slavery is Freedom.' So the city paid $400 to change the inscription to "Pax Victoribus" -- "Peace to the victorious." But apparently that didn't sound quite right either because eventually it was changed to read simply "Pax." [Waterville Times - Apr 16, 1936 (pdf)]
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 16, 2013 -
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Category: Statues, Monuments and Memorials, War, 1930s
Really, You Shouldn’t Have
I walk past this boulder, located on the grounds of some State Offices near the Rhode Island capitol, about once a week. This week, I happened to notice it featured a plaque. Here's what the plaque says (click to enlarge):
Gift to the future? Where? Is it the boulder? But the boulder is pretty much just a bland frame for the plaque!
This appears to be nothing more than an egocentric tribute to the people involved, a way to memorialize themselves. Or am I missing something?
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 04, 2012 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Government, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, 1990s
Statue of Liability
Continuing the theme of animatronic national monuments...ABBA warning!! (Fernando)
Also, no one was injured in the production of this video.
Watch for the stomping at about thirty seconds -- my favorite part!!
Vote for the next monument? (I'm afraid to ask, but won't reveal what I think will be proposed.)
Posted By: gdanea - Tue Apr 12, 2011 -
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Category: Statues, Monuments and Memorials
Bollywood in South America
Only Bollywood could turn Machu Picchu into a Hindu stageset.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 18, 2011 -
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Category: Movies, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Stereotypes and Cliches, Dance, Asia, South America
Royal Doulton Lucky Cat
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 09, 2010 -
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Category: Horror, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Cats
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