What's your favorite statue (or monument)

[Anonymous]

I used to take groups to visit memorials in DC - my absolute favorite is the Memorial to Japanese Patriotism during WWII, near Union Station and Cap Hill. The statue in the center is so great:

http://www.iccrimea.org/images/jamemorial.jpg

It is two cranes who are holding up their wings to support each other, but they are surrounded by barbed wire.

The memorial has lots of features, like a whisper wall, a bell you can chime, the names of the various internment camps, quotes, symbolic rocks/water. I love it!

[Anonymous]

A twist on the traditional madonna and child:

https://www.google.com/search?q=campainia+mother+child+statue&biw=1536&bih=755&tbm=isch&imgil=qHlDzNXkgJi_yM%253A%253BpQnDbIneRG2q1M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.houzz.com%25252Fphotos%25252F4917385%25252FCampania-International-Sweet-Dreams-Mother-and-Child-Cast-Stone-Garden-Statue-modern-garden-sculptures&source=iu&pf=m&fir=qHlDzNXkgJi_yM%253A%252CpQnDbIneRG2q1M%252C_&usg=__it1w7MT-Ruml4OD4MxAeyHnav2E%3D&ved=0CEoQyjc&ei=OZETVJueFejGsQSFroLQDA#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=qHlDzNXkgJi_yM%253A%3BpQnDbIneRG2q1M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fst.houzz.com%252Fsimgs%252Fb911af4603e6d3c8_4-6426%252Fmodern-garden-sculptures.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.houzz.com%252Fphotos%252F4917385%252FCampania-International-Sweet-Dreams-Mother-and-Child-Cast-Stone-Garden-Statue-modern-garden-sculptures%3B400%3B400

[Anonymous]

The Awakening is a fun one (giant body parts emerging from the ground).

[Anonymous]

FDR. Because, well, FDR.

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily my favorite, but definitely one you don't forget once you see it:

http://photos.zoochat.com/large/saint_louis_zoo_173-113781.jpg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to take groups to visit memorials in DC - my absolute favorite is the Memorial to Japanese Patriotism during WWII, near Union Station and Cap Hill. The statue in the center is so great:

http://www.iccrimea.org/images/jamemorial.jpg

It is two cranes who are holding up their wings to support each other, but they are surrounded by barbed wire.

The memorial has lots of features, like a whisper wall, a bell you can chime, the names of the various internment camps, quotes, symbolic rocks/water. I love it!

That's a really beautiful statue, PP. Thanks for posting, however, I'd say "patriotism" is a euphemism for illegal imprisonment and concentration camp. Still it's amazing how un-bitter most Japanese Americans are. They definitely were/are patriotic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the Korean War Memorial at night.

Gives me chills.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A twist on the traditional madonna and child:

https://www.google.com/search?q=campainia+mother+child+statue&biw=1536&bih=755&tbm=isch&imgil=qHlDzNXkgJi_yM%253A%253BpQnDbIneRG2q1M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.houzz.com%25252Fphotos%25252F4917385%25252FCampania-International-Sweet-Dreams-Mother-and-Child-Cast-Stone-Garden-Statue-modern-garden-sculptures&source=iu&pf=m&fir=qHlDzNXkgJi_yM%253A%252CpQnDbIneRG2q1M%252C_&usg=__it1w7MT-Ruml4OD4MxAeyHnav2E%3D&ved=0CEoQyjc&ei=OZETVJueFejGsQSFroLQDA#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=qHlDzNXkgJi_yM%253A%3BpQnDbIneRG2q1M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fst.houzz.com%252Fsimgs%252Fb911af4603e6d3c8_4-6426%252Fmodern-garden-sculptures.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.houzz.com%252Fphotos%252F4917385%252FCampania-International-Sweet-Dreams-Mother-and-Child-Cast-Stone-Garden-Statue-modern-garden-sculptures%3B400%3B400

This is beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Awakening is a fun one (giant body parts emerging from the ground).

I liked this until they moved it to that abomination they call the "national" harbor.

[Anonymous]

FDR, absolutely!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not necessarily my favorite, but definitely one you don't forget once you see it:

http://photos.zoochat.com/large/saint_louis_zoo_173-113781.jpg

LOL!!!!

[Anonymous]

I like this one:

[Anonymous]

Jefferson - love the inscriptions. If only everyone lived by them.

[Anonymous]

Roosevelt Island in Arlington

Rodin's The Kiss

[Anonymous]

I grew up a couple of blocks from a statue of George Washington. I was born in 1973 so had an awareness of the bicentennial and knew George Washington played a key role. I was always fascinated by that statue and know it played a key role in my love of history (and subsequently getting a degree in it.) Or maybe I was born to love history and love that statue because of it. Who knows, but I love the statue and I love George.