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She stands atop the Continental Divide on an 8500-foot mountain, with her arms outstretched as if to welcome and enfold the whole world, and especially the people of Butte, Montana, […]

18 Height, in feet, of the world's largest underwater statue. It resides off the coast of the Bahamas, where reef organisms can grow on [...]

09-14 Late singer Amy Winehouse was honored on what would have been her 31st birthday with a life-size statue in her beloved Camden Town in north London. Caption: Mitch Winehouse [...]

At some point in the late 1800s, the town of Wadsworth, Ohio, erected a statue to commemorate the Civil War--a boy toting water in a leaky boot to thirsty soldiers. [...]

When Tom Hiscocks visited the stone Queen's Beast statues in Kew Gardens, he sensed their 'spirits' were compromised by the way they were presented. The use of stone was more [...]

North Carolinians thought their capitol was too plain when it was built in 1794, so the General Assembly called for a statue of George Washington to add distinction. Thomas Jefferson [...]

On June 8, St. Louis, Missouri, became home to the nation's first statue of Dred Scott, the slave whose failed legal battle for freedom helped set the stage for the [...]

THE STATUE of Thomas Jefferson that greets visitors to 'Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty'--a show at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History--may represent the future of museum [...]

Q. How do kids in poor countries get educated? --Gemma S. A. Much too often they don't, and that is a problem that the United Nations and world leaders are [...]

Scottish sculptor Alan Herriot is crafting a statue to Private Voytek, a 500-pound brown bear that worked alongside Polish soldiers in World War II and lived out his postwar days [...]

* A 350-foot-tall, 600-ton statue of Christopher Columbus has finally found a home in Puerto Rico after completing a circuitous journey from the Old World to the New. * Russian [...]

In the annals of history, the subject of this month Clip & Save Art Print is, as your students would put it, ginormous. And so is the colossal marble bust [...]

Lt. Col. Francis P. Duffy U.S. Army DSC, DSM, Legion d'honneur, Croix de guerre France, 1918 Only two men are honored with life-sized statues in New York's Times Square, epicenter [...]

Washington, D.C., offers many famous attractions for tourists, including the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, and the Washington Monument. But Choices would like to recommend that visitors stop and pay [...]

A TOWERING BRONZE statue of Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale was unveiled late last year at his alma mater, the U.S. Naval Academy. Stockdale, who died at age 81 in [...]

FORTY YEARS AFTER he was killed, a larger-than-life bronze statue of Marine Lt. Nicholas Anthony Lia was recently unveiled at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y. Lia, who captained the [...]

A statue of actress Faina Ranevskaya was unveiled in Taganrog. Local authorities also promised to open a museum in Ranevskaya's childhood home. Born Faina Feldman into a wealthy Jewish family […]

The most famous person who ever lived in Milwaukee is one who didn't exist. That's the impression you'll get starting this August, when a life-size statue of Arthur 'The Fonz' [...]

Nelson's column has been shrouded in scaffolding as restoration work begins at the landmark site in Trafalgar Square. It is the third time the monument has been restored in the [...]

Oscar winners should keep a tight grip on their awards, and their heirs better have them under lock and key. In case of a mishap, the Academy isn't likely to […]

Ton of bull: To commemorate its Bull City nickname, Durham is putting a 2,000-pound statue of the beast in Center City Plaza. It's cast of bronze, not brass, so nobody [...]

In Bosnia, some citizens have decided to honor a man Serbs, Croats and Muslims can all look up to--kung fu great Bruce Lee. The statue of the Chinese action hero […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Young Rembrandts Pres. and founder Bette Fetter helped Louisville, KY. franchisees and students decorate a fiberglass statue of a horse for Gallopalooza, a 'Sidewalk Derby,' The statues [...]

Now that the memorial for former MetraPark manager Bill Chiesa has been completed, people can have their own version by purchasing bronze replicas of the statue that now commemorates Chiesa [...]

Bronze Horse, Pawhuska, Okla., a metalcasting facility that specializes in sculptures, has been chosen to assist in the production of 'The American,'--a cast bronze statue that will eclipse the Statue [...]

Imagine our surprise upon flipping through the July 2003 issue of MODERN CASTING and finding the 'Shakeout' page devoted to Popeye the Foundryman. Mr. Robert Walker of St. Charles, Missouri [...]

A concrete statue of Hindu god Krishna fell in a northern Indian village less than a week before its scheduled completion. The accident killed one worker and injured twelve others.

GOOD MORNING: Another catchup to the world that stopped Sept. 11 will take place May 7 in the United Nations Plaza adjacent to UNICEF h.q. The Spirit of Audrey, a [...]