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