Monumental Messages

Mount Rushmore Originally wanted to sculpt “western heroes” like Buffalo Bill Cody Instead chose Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, and Lincoln Black Hills region of South Dakota

Statue of Liberty Robed female figure representing Libertas (Roman goddess of freedom) Designers decided not to have her hold a broken chain since it was too soon after the Civil War. Instead chain lies at her feet. Gift of the French to the United States Has towered over the New York Harbor since 1886.

Lincoln Memorial Greets you at the top of a flight of stairs Opposite end of the National Mall; Overlooks the Reflecting Pool, Washington Monument, and Capitol Hill Open hand, closed fist One foot forward, one foot back

Technology: Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Hanging Gardens of Babylon Built to cheer up his wife, Amyitis, who was homesick for the green, mountainous terrain of the Medes Constructed an astonishing array of temples, streets, palaces and walls Characterized as an evil king in some religious texts