In the midst of myth

In the midst of myth
Hindu - The walls that encircle the old city are the finest surviving illustration of the defensive architecture of that period These monuments finally outlived their creators. Like many travellers before us, we too made a valiant empirical search for

Name That National Monument
WTNH.com - Washington, D.C., is a city of monuments and memorials to people who played a big part in American history. Monitor photographer Andy Nelson shot photos of some of the most interesting ones. See how many of the images below you can recognize. 1. This

Fallen medic to be buried with honors
Belleville News-Democrat - Granite City’s downtown memorial park, which has monuments with the names of those killed in previous wars, does not yet have a monument for soldiers killed in Iraq, said David Williams, director of the Granite City Park District. Contact Jayne

Woman wants girl’s gravestone repaired
Southeast Texas Live - with her 84-year-old mother and went to check on her father’s grave in the Pear Orchard Cemetery, which covers two city cemetery where the girl’s grave is damaged is maintained by the Diocese of Beaumont, but it is not responsible for monuments.

Washington politicians fare poorly in smart, funny ‘Lincolnesque’
North County Times - cooker world of politics), Francis feels it’s his responsibility to “emancipate” them both from the immoral capital city lighting is notable, particularly in his clever use of columns of light to represent the stone pillars that anchor monuments

All islands, all the time
Burlington Free Press - Once a playground for the rich who built castles as monuments to themselves and their loved ones, the region is dotted by Less than 100 years later, the Thousand Islands region became a destination for New York City residents who traveled by

Berlin Seeks to Preserve Wall Remains
WINK TV - He is among those who lament that city officials and developers have erased most traces of the barrier in the reunified Friedrichshain, 25 of 34 remaining strips of the original barrier are now under preservation as national historical monuments.

Going back to Normandy
Baxter Bulletin - He was hit with shrapnel June 7, the same day the city was liberated, he said. “War is hell and nothing else,” Hanley said Looking at the medals, pictures of French monuments and the black-and-white photographs of friends who died in the war makes