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A thread of great statues



edna krabappel

edna krabappel

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Jul 7, 2003
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D'Angelo Saxon said:
Wow. Is that for real??
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Yup. It cost £17 million, is called the monument to the African Renaissance and was built by North Koreans, who do specialise in giant Soviet-esque statues. There was just a smidgen of criticism over its construction, in a country where even the capital suffers from regular power blackouts and large swathes of the population live in absolute poverty. They're hoping it will draw loads of tourists to Dakar...

Here it is in situ: point proven?

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Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Nov 4, 2006
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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...
chavasse.jpgMemorial to Captain Chavasse unveiled

Liverpool, UK - : A memorial to Captain Noel Chavasse has been unveiled at a service in Abercromby Square. The bronze memorial depicts Captain Chavasse and a Liverpool Scottish stretcher bearer attending a wounded soldier.


Captain Chavasse was the only soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice in the First World War. Son of the Bishop of Liverpool, he was also a medical student at the University. He lived in Abercromby Square as a boy.
As a surgeon-lieutenant, Captain Chavasse rescued wounded men from No-Man’s Land under heavy fire, sometimes just 25 yards from enemy lines. He saved the lives of more than 20 men before being honoured with his first Victoria Cross. He was awarded the second posthumously for the rescue and treatment of soldiers during conflict in Belgium while mortally wounded himself.
Around 1,000 people attended the unveiling of the memorial which is dedicated to Captain Chavasse and 15 others who were awarded the Victoria Cross between 1857 and 1917.
Funds for the memorial were raised by the Noel Chavasse VC Memorial Association.
Chairman of the Association, Bill Sergeant, said: “This memorial reminds us of the past, but it can also be an inspiration for the future. We can be assured that future generations will be reminded of the contribution our heroes made, and the principles for which they fought.”
The memorial - created by Tom Murphy, whose other work includes the Bill Shankly statue at Liverpool FC - will remain in Abercromby Square temporarily while the Association look for a permanent site.
 
















edna krabappel

edna krabappel

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RIP :down:

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edna krabappel

edna krabappel

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Forgot about this one, might as well get a few local efforts on board.

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edna krabappel

edna krabappel

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Does this one count as a statue? It's the Iwo Jima memorial in Arlington cemetery. I saw this one up close last year and it's much bigger than you think it's going to be from photos.

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Aalina

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Sep 23, 2011
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wow .its really a very nice statue and it looking very attractive .and in yellow flowers its looking too good. i hope everybody like it as i like it. we can situate this type or states in our gardens to give different look to our gardens. anyone can take idea from here to dacorate his/her garden
 


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victoria stiles

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Sep 29, 2011
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Very nice. All statues are very amazing. I like all of them. All are beautifully made. And it is also very true that these kind of statues look awesome in your garden. Even these kind of statues provides different and cool look to your garden.
 








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