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The series takes place in an alternate United States [1] where unusual phenomena are observed around monuments. [1] [3] [4] [12] [13]Most episodes consist of mockumentary material gathered around a particular subject, such as the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Egyptian Pyramids, or Ever Given Suez grounding, and progressively diverge from real history over the course of the narrative.
In the late 1970s a group was formed to create a memorial to the American veterans of the Vietnam War. [26] A site for the memorial was approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate on June 30, 1980. [27] Shortly thereafter a competition to design the memorial, which had to include the names of all Americans killed in the war or were still missing.
Each monument included the name of the donors and explains the displayed document’s significance in America's history." Defined by the source (a right leaning web site) as a "monument" and clearly a controversy, because Some folks objected and eventually the Supreme Court ducked the case. Carptrash 00:16, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
Chicago has flagged 41 controversial monuments, plaques and artworks for public discussion, officials announced Wednesday.
The Statue of Freedom is a colossal bronze figure standing 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft (5.9 m) tall and weighing approximately 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg). Her crest peaks at 288 feet (88 m) above the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol. [3]
Jul. 21—The city of Santa Fe's plan to address controversial monuments and other public art is finally getting off the ground more than a year after Mayor Alan Webber called for the review and ...
Randolph County residents urge officials to make a decision regarding the Confederate monument.
Referred to as the 'Invisible Monument', this anti-monument exists to highlight the crimes against Jewish people committed by the Nazis and is situated in the eponymous Platz des Unsichtbaren Mahnmals (English: Place of the Invisible Memorial) in Saarbrücken, Germany. It consists of around 8000 paving stones with the names of Jewish cemeteries ...