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Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares, a sculpture by Evgeniy Vuchetich in the United Nations Art Collection Hand-separated large candlestick church chandelier with brass wax drip tray – GDR around 1980 – Use of armoured steel and brass – Single piece – Weight 10 kilograms
The ancient phrase from the biblical Book of Isaiah, "to turn swords to ploughshares," is still in common use today. These plowshares represent peaceful use of wartime capabilities. On the other hand, the Book of Joel uses the phrase in reverse, "Beat your plowshares into swords".
Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares in the United Nations garden (1957) [5] Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares in front of the plant "Gazoapparat" in Volgograd. A sculpture of Felix Dzerzhinsky (1958), colloquially known as "Iron Felix", used to be in Moscow at the Lubyanka Square. The Motherland Calls! at Mamayev Kurgan (1963–1967)
The image of transforming swords to plowshares has been widely adopted by social and political groups working for peace. The sculpture was conceived in 1994, when the artists heard of a gun buyback program coordinated by the Washington, D.C., police. After three years of work, Guns into Plowshares was completed in 1997 and erected in Judiciary ...
Swords to Plowshares 50th Anniversary Celebration Thursday, November 7th, 2024 6:00PM to 10:00PM The Green Room at the War Memorial Building 401 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 94102 About Swords to Plowshares Swords to Plowshares is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting underserved veterans through comprehensive services including ...
In 1959, a bronze statue promoting the slogan Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares was donated by the Soviet Union to the United Nations. It was sculpted by Evgeniy Vuchetich to represent the human wish to end all wars by converting the weapons of death and destruction into peaceful and productive tools that are more beneficial to mankind. [10]
Swords to Plowshares is a veterans service organization that provides job training, housing, and benefits advocacy to low income and homeless U.S. military veterans.Since 1974, Swords to Plowshares has advocated on behalf of all veterans, providing services that are informed by the experiences of their clients.
Churches in metro Detroit to turn guns into plowshares through buyback programs. Gannett. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press. June 18, 2024 at 6:02 PM.