Travel Tuesday: Boston, Massachusetts

This 15 foot sculpture entitled, "science," graces the entrance to the Franklin Park Zoo. Sculptor, Daniel Chester French, originally created this and a companion piece for the top of Boston's old post office. It was moved to this location around 1930, when the post office was razed.

Relief

This relief sculpture was spotted and captured on a gravestone at Mount Wollaston Cemetery.  It must have been a lot of work to remove the layer of Quincy Granite and sculpt the family name, READ.   The surname also reminded me of Boston's Book Festival this weekend.  Enjoy!

Travel Tuesday: Barre, Vermont

Driving through the center of town you will see the "Youth Triumphant" soldiers' and sailors' memorial which was carved by local stoneworkers using Barre granite.  This sculpture became Barre's trademark and was adopted as their city seal.  

A Man of Few Words - Master of One-Liners

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The Massachusetts Historical Society is publishing one-liner diary entries that Quincy's President John Qunicy Adams made in late August, 1809; his posts were all 140 characters or less, so it’s doing it via Twitter. You can read the one-liners as if he’s tweeting each day, 200 years later by clicking here. You can find out more about JQA's diaries by clicking here.

This marble relief of our 6th president was sculpted by Renzo Palmerini and is located in the Hall of Presidents at the Vermont Marble Company in Proctor Vt. The amazing Hall of the Presidents is pictured below.

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