monuments Archives

The President is forbidden from going to the top of a major US monument

September 28, 2021

In 1967, a 77-year-old Dwight D. Eisenhower ascended to the top of the famed St. Louis Arch, the gateway to the West. It wasn’t a planned trip, but the former President decided to go visit it anyway. And he wanted to go to the top, something the Se…

This professor received a commission into the modern Monuments Men

February 16, 2021

By Miguel Ortiz

“You can wipe out an entire generation, you can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they’ll still find their way back. But if you destroy their history, you…

A retired SF officer wants to build a memorial to the French Resistance

February 15, 2021

By Team Mighty

The success of Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy that established a bridgehead on the continent for the Allies, required everyone to do their part. Even the people of occupied…