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Statue in honour of Robert Emmet rededicated in Washington DC

Edit RTE 28 Apr 2016
The first statue ever erected in honour of Robert Emmet has been rededicated at a special ceremony at a park in Washington DC. The statue was commissioned by the Smithsonian Foundation in 1912 and originally located in the rotunda of the National Museum ... The Robert Emmet statue in Washington DC is the original of four identical statues created by the Irish sculptor Jerome Connor....

America’s first supermodel is shunned by our cultural elite

Edit New York Post 28 Apr 2016
New York boasts at least 15 statues of her, including two flanking the entrance of the Brooklyn Museum ... Yet statues of Munson personify the city’s glory. Wearing gold-plated robes she stands atop the municipal building as “Civic Fame.” It’s the largest statue of a woman in the city save for the Statue of Liberty ... Among the hundreds of statues in the city, according to Capps’ count, but five are of actual, non-allegorical women....

A's can't overcome Gray's substandard start (Oakland Athletics)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
Verlander (2-2) overcame a tape-measure solo homer from Khris Davis to deliver six strong innings before three hits in the seventh denied him a second consecutive seven-inning start ... The drive was projected by Statcast™to land 409 feet from the plate ... Davis nearly hits the statue ... It nearly hit the statue of Al Kaline in center field, instead hitting the railing in front of the statue....

Martinezes plate 7 as Verlander handles A's (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
Verlander (2-2) overcame a tape-measure solo homer from Khris Davis to deliver six strong innings before three hits in the seventh denied him a second consecutive seven-inning start ... The drive was projected by Statcast™to land 409 feet from the plate ... Davis nearly hits the statue ... It nearly hit the statue of Al Kaline in center field, instead hitting the railing in front of the statue....

Martinezes plate 7 as Verlander handles A's

Edit MLB 28 Apr 2016
Half of the damage, including J.D ... Justin Verlander goes 6 1/3 strong innings against the A's, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out six ... Martinez connected with a fastball for a classic opposite-field home run over the high wall in right-center field to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead ... Davis nearly hits the statue ... It nearly hit the statue of Al Kaline in center field, instead hitting the railing in front of the statue....

A's can't overcome Gray's substandard start

Edit MLB 28 Apr 2016
Half of the damage, including J.D ... Justin Verlander goes 6 1/3 strong innings against the A's, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out six ... Martinez connected with a fastball for a classic opposite-field home run over the high wall in right-center field to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead ... Davis nearly hits the statue ... It nearly hit the statue of Al Kaline in center field, instead hitting the railing in front of the statue....

Unesco assesses destruction in Palmyra

Edit Dawn 28 Apr 2016
... of the statues and sarcophagi that were too large to be removed for safekeeping were defaced, smashed, their heads severed and their fragments left lying on the ground,” Unesco said in a press release on Wednesday....

In North Korea, Money May Now Matter More Than Party Loyalty

Edit Newsweek 28 Apr 2016
SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Dan-bi's brother is the model of the establishment North Korean ... "Being in the Party doesn't really help financially," she said ... Obtaining a coveted place in the hierarchy often entailed shows of loyalty, such as cleaning the areas around statues of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, the current leader's grandfather and founder of the state, or planting flowers at revolutionary or historical sites....

New Mars ‘Face Of Satan’ Discovered By UFO Hunter In Argentina — Here’s How You ...

Edit Inquisitr 28 Apr 2016
Original NASA image of the “Face on Mars” ... NASA Mars Photo Reveals 'Human Face,' UFO Researcher Finds — Here's How To 'Discover' Face UFO Expert Finds 'Alien Figure' In NASA Mars Photo — Is This NASA's Big Discovery? 'Easter Island' Statue Face On Mars In NASA Photo — Can You Spot The Resemblance? NASA Mars Photo Shows 'Ancient Writing' — 'History Being Made!' UFOlogist Declares Stonehenge On Mars....

Trump's Middle East talk is old GOP policy

Edit CNN 28 Apr 2016
President Nixon didn't really have that option on the table ... Among historic milestones observed by the United States in the 1980s, few generated as much fanfare as the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty's arrival from France. The statue, a beacon for generations of immigrants since 1886, was meant to commemorate 100 years of Franco-American friendship as well as the centennial of America's independence from England....

Ex-Chinese premier Wen pops up in Keelung cemetery

Edit Taipei Times 27 Apr 2016
The statue shows Wen holding a pair of shoes, signifying “harmony” (和諧, hexie), a homonym of the character for “shoes” (鞋) ... DPP Legislator Wang Ding-yu (王定宇) said on Facebook that he was furious when he first learned about the statue, but when he found out that the statue of the still-living Wen is in a cemetery, “I laughed.” ... However, those planning to see the statue might be in for disappointment....

Abbas inaugurates statue of Nelson Mandela in Ramallah (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Palestine)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Apr 2016
The square where the statue was installed in the ... Hailing the 'distinguished relationship' between Ramallah and Johannesburg, Ramallah Mayor Mousa Hadid claimed during the ceremony that the statue was 'the first statue South Africa built outside its borders.'....

Liberty comes home

Edit The Wichita Eagle 27 Apr 2016
The 19-foot-tall statue known as "Liberty" returned to the Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument on the south lawn of the Sedgwick County Historic Courthouse on April 27, 2016. The statue was taken down in November 2013 for restoration and conservationists repaired stress fractures among other things. (video by Jaime Green) ... ....
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