A tall shaft topped by an eagle. The eagle has partially extended wings and grasps a cannon ball in its talons. The shaft includes twenty small relief shields bearing battle names, and names, regiments and records of the death of seventy one men. The…
Monument consists of five allegorical figures on a center column structure and a star-shaped base. Liberty stands atop the column, a female figure in Classical robes holding a laurel wreath in her proper right hand and a sword in her proper left…
Due in part to interrupted cotton imports caused by the Civil War, the Lancashire Cotton Famine saw a depression of the textile industry in the area. In solidarity with the workers, the Union states sent a shipment of essential supplies – including…
On the end of a commercial property in Edinburgh’s Gilmore Place, a black-and-white mural depicts the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It was painted during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 by local street artist Ross Blair. A photograph of…
