Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: monument

monument stories: 12 news summaries

 Tomb May 
 Hold Key to 
 Shakespeare 


Sarcophagus may hold manuscripts tying Bard to another writer

Aug 9, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 17th-century tomb might hold the key to the enduring mystery of William Shakespeare's identity, the Daily Telegraph reports, and researchers are hoping to take a peek inside. A scan found that the ornate sarcophagus, built at an English church by Shakespeare contemporary and fellow scribe Fulke Greville, contains three... More »

MORE ABOUT:
England • biography • history • monument • Britain • William Shakespeare • sarcophagus • manuscript

(Newser) - The crown of the Statue of Liberty will be open for business again July 4, the first time since 9/11. NPR collected a few facts about Lady Liberty you might not know:
  • The 7 spikes: Liberty's crown does not symbolize the 7 continents or seas, as even the
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York City • September 11 • monument • Lady Liberty • Ken Salazar • Statue of Liberty

 Vandals Rip Lenin a New One 


Apr 1, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb exploded this morning at a St. Petersburg tribute to Vladimir Lenin, opening a gaping hole in the statue's backside, the BBC reports. “As a result of the explosion a crater of 31-39 inches appeared on the monument,” a Russian official said. The motive for the attack... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • vandalism • bomb • explosion • statue • monument • St. Petersburg • Communism • Vladimir Lenin

Supreme Court Rules Against Utah Sect

Monument won't fly; public statues are 'government speech'

Feb 25, 09 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today denied a Utah sect the right to erect a monument in a public park, settling a case that had serious implications for free speech and freedom of religion, the New York Times reports. Members of the Summum religion are free to espouse their beliefs in the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Samuel Alito • free speech • First Amendment • Utah • monument • religious freedom • US Supreme Court • justices

 Flight 93 Families Want 
 'Sacred Ground' Seized 

Groups battle landowner for control of Pa. crash site

Dec 28, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Families seeking a permanent memorial for Flight 93 victims are asking President Bush to seize the land where the hijacked plane went down on Sept. 11, the Washington Post reports. An advocacy group initially tried to buy the land, but ran into conflict with the owner. "What was left... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Pennsylvania • monument • memorial • United Flight 93 • Shanksville • land use • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks • Flight 93 National Memorial

As Tomb Cracks, Army Mulls New Monument to Unknowns

Repeated patching leaves Arlington marker 'shabby,' but replacement may dim symbolism

Nov 9, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Army’s proposal to build a replica of the cracked marble monument atop the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery is reigniting controversy, USA Today reports. “It is important to have the authentic tomb that was there when the first remains were interred,” said... More »

MORE ABOUT:
veterans • US Army • Arlington National Cemetery • monument • historian • memorial • preservation • Tomb of the Unknowns

OPINION

 Dowd: Bring in 
 Obama's Cleaning Crew 

Obama can restore the capital's brilliance, writes Times columnist

Nov 6, 08 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - For Maureen Dowd, the election of Barack Obama means more than just an end to the Bush years; it's a chance for Washington itself to regain its moral standing. Outside the White House on election night—"there was no U-Haul in the driveway"—the New York Times columnist... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Washington DC • White House • constitution • monument • Maureen Dowd • Abraham Lincoln • President Obama

 Iconic Arch
 in Utah Park
 Collapses

First to fall since 1991

Aug 10, 08 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A popular stone arch collapsed early last week in Utah's Arches National Park, the AP reports. First discovered in 1948, the Wall Arch fell victim to gravity and the very same force that formed the sandstone structure—erosion. "They all let go after a while," said a park... More »

MORE ABOUT:
erosion • Utah • monument • collapse • national park

Europe Seeing Rise in War Memorial Porn

Latest case has couple filming sex acts at WWI monument in France

Jul 28, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Europe’s war memorials are seeing an uptick in obscene acts of desecration, the Telegraph reports, with the most recent involving a couple making a pornographic film at the Vimy Ridge memorial in northern France, which commemorates some of the 60,000 Canadians who died in the First World War.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Canada • France • pornography • trial • monument • World War I • desecrate • Vimy Ridge

Panel Rips MLK Statue, Says He Looks Like a Dictator

Fed commission calls 28-foot sculpture too much like totalitarian art

May 9, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal arts panel is demanding changes to a colossal statue of Martin Luther King Jr. planned for the heart of Washington because commissioners think King looks too "confrontational," almost like a dictator, reports the Washington Post. The 28-foot-tall statue is to be the centerpiece of a 4-acre... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Washington DC • sculpture • National Mall • statue • monument • Martin Luther King Jr.

What?! Tourist Arrested for Busting Ancient Statue's Ear

Easter Island vandal headed to jail

Mar 27, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Finnish tourist is facing an imposing sentence for cracking an ear off one of Easter Island's ancient monoliths, the Guardian reports. A local woman saw him snap the ear off the 13-foot statue. It shattered in several pieces as it fell to the ground, and he fled with one... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Chile • vandalism • statue • monument • tourists • Easter Island

Solstice Shines at Stonehenge

Thousands gather to welcome longest day of the year

Jun 21, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spiritually inclined crowds converged on Stonehenge this morning to celebrate the summer solstice, greeting the dawn of the longest day of the year with dancing, drumming, and drinking. The mystical monument shone with floodlights and the glow of the rising sun as more than 20,000 druids, pagans, and other... More »

MORE ABOUT:
England • spirituality • solstice • pagan • Stonehenge • festival • monument • druid

12 Stories


from our news partners