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A restoration effort on The Sentinel was begun and completed in May 2023. Led by a volunteer effort of a local bricklayers union, the project focused on preserving the statue's base, which had suffered long-term water damage, slowly cracking the granite foundation. New mortar and support pins were added. [15] [16]
Designed by American editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and built by Peter M. Carlson, the 5.5-ton, 8-meter (26-foot) high sculpture was installed in 1991 adjacent to the Santa Monica Civic Center in Santa Monica, California. [1] [2] An inscription at the base of the sculpture reads, "This is a statement of peace. May it never become an epitaph."
Four additional statues stand on piers surrounding the central column, each facing a cardinal direction. Two are female figures allegorically representing Commerce and Plenty. [2] One statue, which is titled "In 49'", commemorates the California Gold Rush. [5] The last, titled Early Days, contains a missionary, a Native American, and a vaquero.
A statue signifying resilience has replaced a legacy of pain, its gaze fixed on California’s Capitol dome. The California Native American Monument now stands on the grounds of the state Capitol ...
In 2019, the statue was doused in red paint as an act of protest. The restoration cost about $70,000. [6]On June 18, 2020, the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) removed the statue following the removal of other controversial statues during the George Floyd protests. [7]
A bronze bust of Ulysses S. Grant was installed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in the U.S. state of California, in 1896 and removed in 2020.The original sculptor of the bust was a renowned German born sculptor by the name of Rupert Schmid who had been noted for his commissioned work including The Progress of Civilization, a memorial arch at Stanford University before it was toppled in an ...
The Timken Foundation of Canton and the Stark County commissioners plan to unveil the President William McKinley statue on Oct. 21 in Canton.
The statue of Father Junipero Serra disappeared from the California state capitol in 2020, but he still stands alongside Ronald Reagan in Washington.