Monuments and Memorials Pointless Prize

[Meh]

Must be people/persons?

[AlanA]

Yay! Since the ‘other’ Beth isn’t doing her Civil War/History game this year, I’ll have to play along with this one. I’m pretty sure most of mine will be plaques or signs.

Just curious, will a Civil War/historical marker that references one or more people be able to be used? Do we bother posting to this page, or is Strava good enough?

And, thanks for the one a day limit.

[HokieBeth]

A monument or memorial is a structure, plaque, statue or building that honors a person, group of people or an event. For example, the WW2 memorial is acceptable as it honors that event. The Japanese-American memorial is also acceptable.

[consularrider]

Central Park plaque for the “Boy Mayor” of NYC, John Purroy Mitchel. Located at the E 90th St entrance to the park.

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[camiller]

1/1/2022 The Legato School, a one-room school house, built 1876 -1877. was in use until 1930. It was moved to its current site on Chain Bridge Road in Fairfax City to honor the FCPS Centennial in 1971.

[CBGanimal]

1/1/2022 This monument is dedicated to a company that rebuilt the water irrigation and drainage for the town of Morata de Tajuna

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[HokieBeth]

An international monument! Awesome [emoji41]

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[CBGanimal]

1/2/2022 Cibeles The sculpture represents Cybele, a Phrygian earth and fertility deity.

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[consularrider]

Shakespeare’s A$$ in Central Park, NYC. From 1864 on the 300th anniversary of his birth. Had to take his backside since there was no name on the front.

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[CaseyKane50]

1/2/2022

Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Mount Vernon Recreation Center, Alexandria, Virginia

Captain Versace was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on July 28, 2002 for his “heroic, 23-month sustained resistance “above and beyond the call of duty” against communist Viet Cong while the senior officer in a jungle prisoner of war (POW) camp.”

[AlanA]

I probably won’t post many of my picture in here, but this is one that means a lot to Olney, MD. I know it’s not a realy historical of famous figure, but it’s still an awesome memorial.

In Spring 2016, the State of Maryland introduced Noah’s Law to help combat driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs. This law came into being after a drunk driver collided with and subsequently killed a Maryland police officer. Noah was killed along this stretch of road by a drunk driver while conducting a routine sobriety checkpoint.

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[bikingjenn]

1/2/22-#monuments-Air Force Memorial–to all of the airmen (and women) who served in the Air Force… https://www.afdw.af.mil/quickfacts/

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[CBGanimal]

1/3/2022 Begoña Castilla in Alcala, Spain was a nurse who spent her time addressing children’s issue in the medical field.

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[consularrider]

1/3/2022 – Raoul Wallenberg Memorial in front of the UN Headquarters on 1st Ave at E 47th St, Manhattan, NY

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Opps. Somehow for this one I couldn’t bring myself to lean my bike on one of the pillars. I should have used the Jersey barrier, but there are three bikes in the 1st Ave bike lane close to E 49th St. teeny, tiny images between the right two pillars.

[Steve O]

1/3/2022 – Sal Guarrillo Veteran’s Memorial

This memorial is at 8441 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. It is named after Sal Guarrillo, who served on the West Hollywood City Council and also served as mayor. The memorial honors all veterans (Sal was a veteran himself, but the memorial is not intended to memorialize him personally; it’s just named in his honor).

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