Statue Construction Essay

In my hometown, there is a statue of the lady whose name correlates with the name of the town. Being a seaport town, the statue’s location of near the docks of the community port and the seaside park is perfect. The statue doesn’t seem to be made of expensive materials, but it still looks fantastic and a great way to honor this woman. For creating and placing a monument, there must be the cost, location, and meaning taken into consideration. Monuments can quite easlily become an expensive project for any city, state, or country. A certain reasonable budget must be set for the construction of any monument, but must also ensure enough quality to last long and commemorate without seeming like the buyer is being cheap. In an entry from “Obscure Monument to Lobsterdom: Washington D.C” by RoadsideAmerica.com, there’s a description of a monument that was just painted bronze rather than bronze plating of bronze it self. The painted statue wasn’t wanted by anyone. Been “Vandalized, repaired, and ending up in a warehouse” all thing you wouldn’t want to honor someone with a statue. Only after a bronze cast, was the statue accepted into a museum and now

The article “Waiting for Crazy Horse” Written by Lawrence Downes, claimed that for the contruction of Mount Rushmore to occur, many Sioux natives were drove off of their land by the “white man”. This land was sacred to the Sioux, but their land is now used as a United States national park for a monument of leader vastly unrelated to the Sioux people. Referenced in Jason Kosareff’s article: “Cemetery faces and uncertain future”, developers tried builing a park for a monument in the land of a historical cemetery of Pioneers from the legendary Santa Fe Trail. Take safe and availible land into consideration when discussing a location of a memorial or any such