Peace Monuments in Georgia (USA)

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Peace Monuments
in Georgia (USA)

Click here for a chronological list of 24 peace monuments in and near Atlanta, Georgia (Word format).
Click here for "Public Art in Atlanta, Georgia."
Peace Monuments in Atlanta & Decatur, Georgia

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M 1893 - Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum, Grants Park, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). A cylindrical panoramic painting of the American Civil War Battle of Atlanta. If unrolled would measure 42 feet high by 358 feet long (the largest oil painting in the world until 2004). Painted by a team led by Germans Friedrich Wilhelm Heine [1845-1921] and August Lohr [1843-1919], it opened to display in Detroit, Michigan, in 1887.

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R 1895 - Women's Building, Cotton States & International Exposition (now Piedmont Park), Atlanta, Georgia (USA).

1893 - Women's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois (USA). "Sophia Hayden [1968-1953], one of the few women architects in 19th-century America, graduated from MIT and, as her first project, designed this 80,000 square-foot, two-story building. A young woman, Hayden evidently suffered some kind of breakdown by the end of the project and never again designed a building."

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E October 10, 1911 - "The Triumph of Peace," 14th Street Entrance, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Also called Peace Monument to "The Old Guard." /// "Commemorates the historic 'Mission of Peace' to the North in 1879 by the Gate City Guard of Atlanta." Depicts a Civil War soldier lowering his rifle as the Angel of Peace holds an olive branch above his head. By New York sculptor Allen Newman [1875-1940]. His model for the angel of peace was "America's first supermodel" Audrey Munson [1891-1996] whose classic beauty attracted numerous sculptors & artists during the 1910's (15 statues in NY City alone), then spent 65 years in an upstate mental institution. See her biography "She inspired monuments and died in obscurity" by James Bone. /// 103rd rededication took place October 11, 2015.

1926 - Atlanta History Center founded.

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L 1946? - Japanese Temple Bell, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Cast in 1747 in Tokyo. Found in an Atlanta warehouse. Returned to Jodoji Temple by Rotary Clubs of Atlanta & Yokosuka in May 1961 during ceremony in Yokosuka (Japan). All information from Tuscaloosa News, May 30, 1961. Much more to know about this bell. Where is "Jodoji Temple"? Very likely a WW-II trophy (like other Japanese bells in Duluth, Topeka & Lexington, VA). Too bad it wasn't retained (as in Boston) to symbolize peace or friendshp.

June 3, 1962 - 106 promenent Atlanta art patrons killed in airplane crash at Orly Airport in Paris (France).

December 11, 1964 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

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M 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Includes King's tomb (in lake in photo), an eternal flame, Rosa Parks room, and Mahatma Gandhi room. Click here for additional information. Entry #242 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001). (King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and was assissanated in 1968.

1974 - Portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., Georgia State Capitol, Altanta, Georgia (USA). "This portrait, painted by George Mandus [1924-2012], hung outside the governor's office on the main floor of the capitol until a new and larger portrait of King replaced the 1974 portrait in 2006. After its replacement, the 1974 portrait was placed in storage at the Georgia State Archives." Date? - Portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., Georgia State Capitol, Altanta, Georgia (USA). "This new portrait replaced a smaller painting of King hung outside the governor's office in 1974. The new portrait, 50 percent larger than the previous one, was created because the 1974 portrait of King was dwarfed by the larger portraits of governors that hung around it."

1978 - Peace, Folk Art Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Crayon & pen on paper by Nellie Mae Rowe [1900-1982]. "For Rowe, drawing was a form of worship. She said, 'I try to draw because [God] is wonderful to me. I just have to keep drawing until He says, "Well done, Nellie, you have been faithful." Then I will know that I have finished my work.' In Peace, Rowe represented her own industrious hands, which seem to invoke benediction for the blue animal just beyond."

1980 - CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Cable News Network (CNN) was created in 1980. CNN Center is home of the CNN networks, including Headline News, CNN International, CNN.com, and CNN en Español, The world’s largest freestanding elevator runs to the 50-foot CNN Globe where there are interactive kiosks for browsing over 25 years of CNN footage. From the CNN Overlook, you’ll have a bird’s eye view of the actual newsroom in action."

October 10, 1980 - Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site & Sweet Auburn Preservation District, National Park Service (NPS), Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Includes King's birth home and Ebenezer Baptist Church. Click here for the Wikipedia article. Entries #237, 239 & 241 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001). T
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L Date? - Mural on Freedom Walk, Auburn Avenue, Sweet Auburn Historic District, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). When created & by whom? NB: Freedom Walk is an "urban interpretive trail to downtown area along Auburn Avenue" created by NPS, but when? Not described on any website. "The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs [1882-1961], referring to the 'richest Negro street in the world.'" Click here for photo essay by Galen R. Frysinger.

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M 1981 - African American Panoramic Experience (APEX Museum), Atlanta, Georgia (USA). "Accurately interprets and presents history from an African American perspective in order to help all American and International visitors better understand and appreciatethe contributions of African Americans to America as well as the world." DAN MOORE - RACISM & AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.

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M 1982 - Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). "Waging Peace. Fighting Disease. Building Hope." "In a 35-acre park about 2 miles east of downtown Atlanta. The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, which is adjacent to the Center, is owned & operated by the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA). The Center and Library are known collectively as The Carter Presidential Center." Reopened October 1, 2009 (Carter's 85th birtdday), after $10 million redesign. Entry #238 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001). (Jimmy Carter was president 1977-1981 and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.)

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E 1983 - "l'Ombre / The Shade," High Museum of Art, Woodruff Arts Center, Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Sculpted by Auguste Rodin [1840-1917] in 1880. A gift of France in memory of those who died at Orly in 1962. Statue and the new museum building (also memorializing the air crash victims) were dedicaed on or about the same day.

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L 1985-2010 - "Three Minutes to Midnight," Seminole Avenue, Little Five Points, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Also called the "Seminole Peace Mural." First US mural painted by David Fichter of Cambridge, Massachusetts. "Painted as part of a cultural festival for nuclear disarmament called 'Three Minutes to Midnight' which organized several events around the city in October 1984." First image is close up of Martin Luther King, Jr. [1929-1968]. Second image shows Leó Szilárd [1898-1964] & 70 other atomic scientists petitioning for a demonstration of the atomic bomb before using it on human beings, US officials playing deaf and dumb, and three weeping "Hiroshima maidens". Click here for article & slide show about Fitcher's visit to the endangered mural on December 5, 2008. /// "In December 2008, artist David Fichter & paintings conservator James Squires visited the mural to document the mural's condition, meet with neighborhood leaders & develop a plan to restore it. However, in fall 2010, it was illegally painted over by a graffiti mural."

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E January 11, 1990 - "Behold", Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). 12-foot statue of Kunta Kinte from the novel Roots by Alex Haley. Kinte is performing a Mandinka ceremony for his first-born, Kizzy: "Behold, the only thing greater than yourself." Sculpted by Patrick Morelli. Dedicated by Coretta Scott King. There are other Alex Haley statues in Annapolis, Maryland, & Knoxville, Tennessee, and Haley homes in Henning & Clinton, Tennessee.

October 5, 1992 - Fernbank Museum of Natural History opens.

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N 1992 - World Peace Rose Garden (WPRG), Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). One of several WPRG's sponsored by International World Peace Rose Gardens, Sacramento, California (USA). G
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N September 5, 1993 - Garden for Peace (GFP #4), Alumni Garden, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia (USA). One of several GFP's sponsored by Gardens for Peace, Atlanta, Georgia (USA).

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E Date? - Hope Statue, Rose Garden, Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Girl with dove of peace.

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M June 1996 - William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum, Selig Center, 1440 Spring Street (at18th Street), Atlanta, Georgia (USA). "Explores the universal themes of respect for difference, responsible citizenship, human dignity, and community building through the lens of the Jewish experience." The largest such museum in the Southeast. Named for Atlanta businessman William Breman [1908-2000] who endowed the museum.

1996 - Carnegie Monument, Hardy Ivy Park, 310 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Formally named the Carnegie Education Pavillion. "Created from the intricate facade of the downtown Carnegie Central Library, which was built in 1901 and demolished in 1977 to make way for the Fulton County Library that now stands at that site. Fortunately, these architectural bays were preserved and ultimately used to create this elegant 23 foot square pavilion in 1996. In homage to the Carnegie legacy, it is a monument to higher education in Atlanta with the seals of nine local area colleges and universities embedded in the pavilion floor." Fragments under the pediments: THE ADVANCEMENT. OF LEARNING. MILTON. CARNEGIE.

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T 1996 - Fountain of Rings, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). "The centerpiece of the 21-acre park. The world’s largest interactive fountain, utilizing the Olympic symbol of five interconnecting Rings."

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July 19-August 4, 1996 - Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

October 26, 1997 - Gandhi Foundation USA, 215 Stoney Ridge Drive, Alpharetta, Georgia (USA). "Founded in anticipation of the statue of the Mahatma Gandhi... The purpose of the foundation is to be an activist organization focusing to focus entirely on the practical application of the philosophies of Gandhi and King..."
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April 1998 - Atlanta Dojo, Nipponzan Myohoji, 1127 Glenwood Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). "A beautiful Buddhist temple and garden construted from an abandoned drug house in East Atlanta with volunteer labor and salvaged building material." The dojo is now constructing a peace pagoda near Newport, Tennessee (qv).

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December 10, 2002 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Jummy Carter.

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November 21, 2005 - Georgia Aquarium opens..

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May 24, 2007 - World of Coca-Cola opens in Pemberton Place.

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T October 29, 2009 - China-US Peace & Friendship Sculpture, Recreation Center, Georgia State University (GSU), Piedmont Avenue & Decatur Street, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). One of six such sculptures in the US & China. The words "peace" and "friendship" are engraved in Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Arabic. Inscription: "We casted peace and friendship, the most desired and cherished words of man kind into this sculpture as a present to the hometown of President Jimmy Carter from thousands of miles away, China. This sculpture is to commemorate the 30th anniversary of establishment of formal diplomatic relations between China and the United States, which symbolizes the sincere hopes and best wishes of Chinese people for lasting peace and friendship between our two countries."

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E January 14, 2012 - Peace Pole, East Lake Community Learning Garden, 56-2nd Ave SE, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Near Hosea Williams & 2nd Avenue. Garden coordinated by Southeastern Horticultural Society with collaboration from East Lake Foundation & others. Four languages on the Pole are the most widely spoken in the world – Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Arabic & English. Photo shows (left to right): Jennifer McCrary, Melba Potter, Adrian Johnson, Shirley Cleaves, Khari Diop, Lauren Patrus, Andrea Kay Smith, Imam Mansoor Sabree & son Ayub Sabree, Tamara Mosely & Fred Stevens.

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March 20, 2013 - "Tree of Life" & "Kaan," Freedom Park, North Avenue & Oakdale Road, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). "Three sculptures by Mexican artist Yvonne Domenge. These sculptures are intended to be viewed together as a group and were originally components of Interconnected, a major outdoor solo exhibition during 2010-2012 at the Boeing Gallery in Millennium Park, Chicago. In 2012, the artist, with the assistance of curators and directors at Millennium Park, donated each of the Interconnected artworks to competing cities across the United States... The tree of life is a symbol of the connection between the underworld, the sky & the terrestrial world in pre-Columbian cultures. The tree symbolizes life's energy, and the seeds scattered beneath represent the beauty and fragility of new life."

September 2013 - College Football Hall of Fame moves to Atlanta from South Bend, Indiana.

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June 23, 2014 - Water Feature (Fountain) at National Center for Civil & Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Inscribed "FOR TO BE FREE IS NOT MERELY TO CAST OFF ONE'S CHAINS BUT TO LIVE IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS AND ENHANCES THE FEEEDOM OF OTHERS. Nelson Mandela." & "NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. Margaret Mead." Designed by Larry Kirkland of Washignton, DC. At that point, the Center stands at 72 feet with the 32-foot-high sculpture acting as a gateway to the project. “It’s in scale,” executive director Doug Shipman said. “It actually has a nice relationship in proportion to the building.”

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Peace Monuments in Remainder of Georgia

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July 30, 1929 - Statue of Romulus & Remus, City Hall, Rome, Georgia (USA). "On a base of white marble from Tate, Georgia, with a brass plaque inscribed: 'This statue of the Capitoline Wolf, as a forecast of prosperity and glory, has been sent from Ancient Rome to New Rome during the consulship of Benito Mussolini in the year 1929." In 1940, anti-Italian sentiment due to World War II became so strong that the Rome city commission moved the statue into storage to prevent vandalism and replaced it with an American flag. In 1952, the statue was restored to its former location in front of City Hall.'" Info courtest of George & Renae Stone.

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E 1957 - World Globe Gas Storage Tank, 73rd Street, Savannah, Georgia (USA). Also known as "The Savannah Globe." 60 foot diameter. "Built by Savannah Gas Company with a world map adorned 'Savannah is here.' Painted two years later to resemble a globe. A to Z Coating & Sons purchased the structure in the early 1990's & repainted it for the year 2000 featuring simulated satellite imagery with a hurricane bound for Savannah! By September 2005, sold to Savannah Mortgage Co. at a cost of around $450,000."

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T January 2, 1958 - Polio Wall of Fame, Founder's Hall, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, Warm Springs, Georgia (USA). Also called the "Polio Hall of Fame." Assembles busts of 14 men and one woman who were instrumental in polio research and treatment, plus Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his close aide Basil O'Connor. (The first four are from Germany, Sweden, and Austria.) Designed by sculptor Edmond Romulus Amateis [1897-1981] who also sculpted the "Great Frieze of War and Peace" in Kansas City, MO (qv).

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M 1962 - New Echota State Park, Calhoun, Georgia (USA). Site vacant for more than 100 years after the Cherokee removal to Oklahoma (qv) in 1838. Buildings reconstructed since 1957 include Council House (where once the laws of the Cherokee Nation were enacted, the Supreme Court, the Printer Shop) a building of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, a Common Cherokee Cabin (representing a home of an average Cherokee family), a Middle-Class Cherokee Home including outbuildings, and Vann's Tavern. Scene of the Treaty of New Echota, signed on December 29, 1835. Image shows monument memorializing the Cherokees who died on the Trail of Tears in 1838.

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T 1973 - Name? (Statue #70), Highway 27, Chamber of Commerce, Highway 27, Colquitt, Georgia (USA). Height 18 feet. Carved by Peter Wolf Toth whose "Trail of the Whispering Giants" has at least one Indian statue in every state. Statue #70 apparently replaces Statue #4.

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T March 22, 1980 - Georgia Guidestones, Elberton, Georgia (USA). aka "The American Stonehenge." Four giant granite stones engraved with 10 "Guides" or commandments in 8 different languages setting forth the basic principles of the establishment of the governance of a one world order with a unified world court of law where populations and reproduction are controlled, a unified "living new" language, whose philosophical foundation is built on "spirituality" & man’s environmental responsibility to live in harmony with nature. Built by "R.C. Christian" whose true identity remains unknown.

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September 5, 1994 - Protestantendenkmal / Salzburger Monument of Reconciliation, Salzburger Park, Savannah, Georgia (USA). Between Lincoln Street & Abercorn Street ramps on Bay Street. "Dedicated by the country (predominantly Roman Catholic) to the descendants of the Georgia Salzburgers (Protestants) who were exiled in 1731 from Salzburg because of their religious beliefs. Green serpentine stone from the Hohe Tauern region of Austria. Human figures chiseled by Anton Thuswaldner depict the people forced from their homes in Salzburg. Inscribed, "Denied Their Religious Freedom They Were Forced to Leave Their Homeland." The first monument to be given to Savannah by a foreign government.

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2000 - Peace Wall, Miller County Middle School, Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia (USA). "Designed & painted by [Scottish] artist Chrissie Orr of New Mexico, with the help of middle & high school students, teachers & community members. Upon the completion of this mural, a pilot program was started to paint 'Peace Walls' on other schools in the state of Georgia." /// "Colquitt was named Georgia's First Mural City by the state legislature & hosted host the Global Mural Conference in 2010."

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October 20, 2006 - "Spaceship Earth," Kennesaw State University, Georgia (USA). "A 175-ton quartzite & bronze sculpture made by a Finnish-born artist Eino. Questions abound over whether vandals destroyed the sculpture, or whether a combination of substandard adhesive & rain caused it to crumble in the middle of the night on December 29, 2006, in a collapse the campus police said they felt from their offices around the corner. Just three months old, the $1 million globe, made of 88 chunks of Brazilian quartzite adorned with raised bronze signifying land masses, lies disintegrated [right image] outside a new academic building praised for its eco-friendly attributes. A bronze statue of David Brower [1912-2000], a conservationist who was the first executive director of the Sierra Club, had stood atop the 15-foot globe and is now partly crushed. A steel time capsule intended to be opened in 3006 is exposed amid the rubble."

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