And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, September 14, 2026
“The Spirit of Achievement “ by Icelandic sculptor, Nina Saemundsson graces the Waldorf Astoria, NYC, 1931, Schultze & Weaver Architects
It is, it wasn't, she-the artist-was(done by AI)-the first Icelandic woman to work professionally as a sculptor, designed the statue as a slender winged female figure poised for flight, standing atop a globe-shaped base and crafted in nickel and bronze, reaching a height of ten feet
Wonder if it's still there, or was it torn down in the name of "PROGRESS"?
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