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    HokieBeth
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    Sure you know the big three, Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington, but did you know there are over 160 monuments and memorials just in DC, including one to singer Sonny Bono? For this pointless prize simply ride at least 1 mile and snap a pic of your bike at a monument or memorial.

    Other rules:
    – only one per day and only one visit per memorial, meaning you only get one point for a post of the Washington monument. However you can include multiple memorials to the same person. For example there are two memorials to FDR in DC, you can get a point for each if posted on separate days.
    – your bike must be in the photo
    – name & location the monument/memorial must be included
    – for this pointless prize a monument/memorial must be either a statue, commemorative plaque or sign of cultural or historic significance and must identify the name of the person or persons being memorialized
    – not included are tombstones, gravestones, or painted murals
    -use hashtag #monuments in your post

    Prizes:
    1st prize is a private 3-hour professional bike tour of the National Mall monuments and memorials for you and up to 3 friends! Tour includes stops at the Capitol, the White House and more than 10 other sites with historical background and cultural significance of the memorial provided by your guide.

    2nd prize is the book “25 Bike Tours in Washington DC” by Anne H. Oman

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    #1115206
    Meh
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    Must be people/persons?

    #1115207
    AlanA
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    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.

    #1115210
    HokieBeth
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    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.

    #1115269
    consularrider
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    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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    #1115307
    camiller
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    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.

    #1115349
    CBGanimal
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    1/1/2022 This monument is dedicated to a company that rebuilt the water irrigation and drainage for the town of Morata de Tajuna95870730e4d59dcb56704a8eba9413cc.jpg

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    #1115351
    HokieBeth
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    An international monument! Awesome [emoji41]

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    #1115352
    CBGanimal
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    1/2/2022 Cibeles The sculpture represents Cybele, a Phrygian earth and fertility deity.

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    #1115354
    consularrider
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    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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    #1115361
    CaseyKane50
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    1/2/2022

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    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.”

    #1115370
    AlanA
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    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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    #1115396
    bikingjenn
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    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/7117d378e262b67bd7470400afd0c232.jpg
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    #1115452
    CBGanimal
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    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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    #1115465
    consularrider
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    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. ;)

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