Памятники в Ричмонде

Памятники в Ричмонде
Monuments in Richmond *

история:

One of America's most beautiful boulevards, tree-lined Monument Avenue is the only street in the US that is a National Historic Landmark. It runs through the heart of Richmond's historic Fan District and was originally built as an extension of Franklin Street (already an established neighborhood) toward the Lee Monument. The avenue eventually became a sought after neighborhood and continued west over many years following the placement of new monuments along the street. The type and style of architecture seen in the homes, churches and apartment buildings that line the avenue range from English Tudor, Colonial, Georgian, Spanish, Jacobean, Beaux Arts to Italianate. The avenue stretches into Henrico County and ends at Horsepen Road running five miles in length. Monument Avenue has a wide, two-lane street on both sides of the generous median, going east and west.

название:

Борцам за гражданские права

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надпись:

The legal system can force open doors and sometimes

even knock down walls. But it cannot built bridges.

That job belongs to you and me.

Justice Thurgood Marshall

Вирджиния

Virginia

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история:

Печать штата Вирджиния.

композиция:

Тиран

Tyrant

надпись:

Virginia

Sic semper tyrannis

(Так всегда с тиранами)

Погибшим конфедератам

To the lost confederates

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персона:

person:

Аш А.

Arthur Ashe

Джексон Т.Дж.

Thomas Jonathan Jackson

Дэвис Дж.

Jefferson Davis »

Ли Р.Е.

Robert E. Lee »

Маури М.Ф.

Matthew Fontaine Maury

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история:

Мэтью Фонтэйн Маури ( - 1873)

Known as the "The Pathfinder of the Seas", Maury published writings about sea navigation, oceanography and meteorology, creating "the science of the physical geography of the sea." Maury developed a system of recording the oceanographic data of naval vessels and merchant marine ships and is credited with inventing the electronic torpedo.

He was temporarily buried in Lexington, Virginia. Maury's body was then moved to Hollywood Cemetery.

памятник:

monument: »

место:

corner of Monument and Belmont Avenues

композиция:

Maury faces East and is seated in front of a large globe with figures struggling with the storms (the sea) and the land (the farm).

оформление:

1929.

надпись:

MAURY

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