A visit to Lucerne, Switzerland is simply incomplete without a stop to view the fantastic Lion Monument of Lucerne. The Lion Monument was designed by sculptor Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen. Altishofen lost his parents at a very early age and became an orphan. Luckily, he obtained a much-sough-after education for those days within St. Urban’s …
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Bob Hope National Tribute – San Diego, California
Bob Hope National Tribute – San Diego, California – Located within viewing distance of the “Unconditional Surrender” statue (a sailor kissing an unsuspecting nurse) is a tribute to the nation’s foremost people known for entertaining the troops, both at home and abroad. What looks like a small crowd assembling to listen to a man with …
Washington Monument State Park – Middletown, Maryland
At the top of South Mountain stands the first ever monument erected in George Washington’s honor. This, the original Washington Monument (not to be confused with the monument of the same name in DC), is a tower made of stone that was designed and built in 1827 by citizens in nearby Boonsboro. Boonsboro was considered …
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