I saw this near Embassy Row on Mass Ave. I’ve never seen one like this before. Do you think it looks good?
I know I can google it but does anyone know offhand – who these folks are?
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memorial
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A nice spot to get away from the crowds. Pershing Park is located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. General John “Black Jack” Pershing led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I.
There is also a very relaxing pool and fountain which is used as an ice rink in the winter. (more…)
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photo by jdcdc.
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I mean he’s a good actor and all but a statue…
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This is a tribute to the bicyclist who was hit and killed by a garbage truck back in July. I was moved by the fresh flowers in the basket.
It did make wonder though, I know there are folks who complain about the teddy bear tributes that go up from time to time when a youth is shot and killed. You see them sometimes on Sherman Ave. or upper 14th Street among other locations. There is even a blog called Washington’s Other Monuments that documents these memorials. It is also a very moving site.
Do you think there are folks who complain about the tribute photographed above? (It’s located near La Tomate on Connecticut Ave.)
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I stumbled upon a number of them this past weekend.
This one is in tribute to Tomas Masaryk. It says “…creator of democracy…”. I thought the Greeks, not the Czechs, were the creators of democracy…
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I spotted this one outside the Brazilian Embassy. This is a tribute to Brazil’s contribution to flight. I have to admit, I selected it based exclusively on the hat.
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This is located outside the Embassy of Mexico. I’m gonna guess Pancho Villa?
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I know it’s a memorial to Francis Asbury and all but did they have to capture the horse biting his knee or shooing a fly or something. I mean how ’bout some dignity for the horse too. I can just imagine the horse thinking: “Man I stood still for 4 hours for the artist, I have one moment of weakness, and that’s the pose I’m immortalized in? Horseshit!”
