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Madonna of the Trail is a series of 12 identical monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States.The monuments were commissioned by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) during the administration of President General Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau.
The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called Eleanor, Silver Lady, or Flying Lady, was designed by Sykes, a graduate of London's Royal College of Art, and carries with it a story about secret passion between Montagu, second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of The Car Illustrated magazine from 1902 ...
Paul Stahr's personified Columbia in an American flag gown and Phrygian cap, from a World War I patriotic poster (c. 1917). Columbia (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b i ə /; kə-LUM-bee-ə), also known as Lady Columbia or Miss Columbia, is a female national personification of the United States.
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
The statue of Dr. Clark is famous as the symbol of Hokkaidō's pioneer spirit. Many tourists take pictures of themselves with the statue as the background.
It is a symbol of membership of a Johrei organisation and the member's dedication to Meishu-Sama and his teachings. [13] It is said to represent the member's connection to Heaven [ 5 ] and when not worn, it should be kept in a high place or stored in a special box.
But for the surfing pioneer, the aloha spirit prevails. ... to be approaching her new reality with all the pluck and good cheer that made the character she inspired an American symbol in the 1960s ...
The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold-anodized aluminum plaques that were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictorial message, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 is intercepted by intelligent extraterrestrial life. The plaques show the nude figures of a human male and female along with several symbols ...