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The Seagull Monument is a historic monument situated immediately east of the Salt Lake Assembly Hall on Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah.Created by artist Mahonri Young, the monument commemorates an 1848 event in which seagulls were observed to devour crop-destroying Mormon crickets, following prayers for divine intervention against the insects.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in California.The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
The Seagull Monument located in front of the Salt Lake Assembly Hall on Temple Square. A stone grasshopper, commemorated at Gilgal Sculpture Garden. California gull (Larus californicus) After Brigham Young led the first band of Latter-day Saints into what is now Salt Lake City, Utah, the pioneers had the good fortune of a relatively mild winter.
Silver Wing monument at Montgomery-Waller Recreation Center in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California. The Montgomery Memorial is a monument dedicated on May 21, 1950, to the pioneering aviation achievement of John J. Montgomery and his early glider flights in the 1880s in Otay Mesa, San Diego. [1]
California State Route 36; California Volunteers (sculpture) Carmel-by-the-Sea World War I Memorial Arch; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chula Vista, California) Statue of Christopher Columbus (San Francisco) El Cid Campeador (sculpture) The Cider Press; Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella; Confederate Monument (Hollywood Forever Cemetery)
California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...
A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but ...
This list of landmarks in Riverside, California includes officially designated federal, state, and local landmarks within the city of Riverside, California, United States, as well as other notable points of interest within the city. Landmarks that are closely associated with the city, but outside the city's boundaries, have also been included.