The bridge is named after Pero, also known as Pero Jones, who lived from around 1753 to 1798, arriving in Bristol from the Caribbean Island of Nevis in 1783, as the slave of the merchant John Pinney (1740-1818) at 7 Great George Street. History. The bridge was designed by the Irish artist Eilis O’Connell, inContinue reading
Category Archives: MONUMENTS & TRAVEL
Heraion of Samos – Heritage preservation
The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, on the island of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city of Samos (modern Pythagoreion), in the low, marshy basin of the Imbrasos river, near where it enters the sea. The late Archaic temple in the sanctuary was the first ofContinue reading “Heraion of Samos – Heritage preservation”
Holy relics 2020 London tour. Join us for the next events – building mental minds
Spomeniks – yugoslavian – monument portraits
BLM STATUE COMES DOWN AFTER 1 DAY — Burst Updates
CFP: “A sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester installed without authorization on the site where a monument to a 17th-century parliamentarian and slave trader was ripped down by protesters last month was taken down by the city after just one day, according to a report.” “City workers carefully removed the statue of Jen Reid […]Continue reading “BLM STATUE COMES DOWN AFTER 1 DAY — Burst Updates”
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and dancer. She is one of the first black actresses to have a successful Hollywood career and the first to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film CarmenContinue reading “Dorothy Dandridge”
Bernie Mac -American comedian, actor, and voice actor- bio
Redd Foxx – Buildings Monument & Memorials
Most POWERFUL Speeches You Need To Hear Today
Robert Cecil
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury – Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC (1 June 1563 – 24 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his direction ofContinue reading “Robert Cecil”
Monument to León Felipe in Tábara, his hometown.
León Felipe Camino Galicia (11 April 1884 – 17 September 1968) was an Spanish poet. Selected Poetry Monument to León Felipe in Tábara, his hometown. Versos y oraciones de caminante (I, 1920; II, 1929) Drop a star (1933) Goodbye, Panamá (1936) La insignia (1937) El payaso de las bofetadas y el pescador de caña (1938) El hacha (1939)Continue reading “Monument to León Felipe in Tábara, his hometown.”
Mary Church Terrell
With courage, born of success achieved in the past, with a keen sense of the responsibility which we shall continue to assume, we look forward to a future large with promise and hope. Seeking no favors because of our color, nor patronage because of our needs, we knock at the bar of justice, asking anContinue reading “Mary Church Terrell”
