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David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. [ 1 ]
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life is an essay by David Foster Wallace.The text originates from a commencement speech Wallace gave at Kenyon College on May 21, 2005.
A postcard captioned "Lincoln Statue" depicts the Emancipation Memorial circa 1900.. Harriet Hosmer proposed a grander monument than that suggested by Thomas Ball. Her design, which was ultimately deemed too expensive, posed Lincoln atop a tall central pillar flanked by smaller pillars topped with black Civil War soldiers and other figures.
A bronze statue depicting her and women’s rights pioneers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in New York’s Central Park in 2020, becoming the park’s first monument ...
Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi (New York City) Statue of Gouverneur K. Warren; Statue of Horace Greeley (City Hall Park) Statue of Horace Greeley (Herald Square) Statue of J. Marion Sims; Statue of James S. T. Stranahan; Statue of John Watts; Statue of José Bonifácio de Andrada; Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (New York City) Statue of Philip Sheridan ...
A bronze statue depicting her and women's rights pioneers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in New York's Central Park in 2020, becoming the park’s first monument honoring ...
View of the memorial from the outside. The United Nations Slavery Memorial, officially known as The Ark of Return – The Permanent Memorial at the United Nations in Honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, is an installation at the Visitors' Plaza of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, intended as a permanent reminder of the long-lasting effects ...
Burials continued through about 1878, more than 50 years after New York fully abolished slavery. Researchers say people were buried with their feet to the east, so when they rise on Judgment Day ...