Posts Tagged ‘statue’
Frances Bickelhaupt
The Bickelhaupt Arboretum April 28, 1916 Today is the birthday of the arboretum-maker Frances Bickelhaupt. Frances is remembered for the arboretum that she and her husband Robert created around their family home in Clinton, Iowa. During the 1960s and 1970s, Robert and Frances watched in dismay as Dutch Elm disease claimed the beautiful Elm-lined streets…
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“A 1938 newspaper clipping shared the Latin inscription at the [base of the statue which translates] as ‘May flowers bloom on this earth.'” September 18, 2005 On this day, The Boston Globe shared a short Q&A segment written by Matt McDonald. A reader had asked, Why is there a large statue of a woman on…
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