Monuments in Our community by Meredith McDevitt https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6 What are the monuments in your community? Who/what is depicted in them? Do they reflect the values of the community? en-us 2018-03-25 13:21:33 UTC 2025-09-27 17:34:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Edgar Allan Poe Cottage https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247602735 The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It is located on Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse in The Bronx, New York, a short distance from its original location, and is now in the northern part of Poe Park. Poe paid either $5 rent per month or $100 per year.
He was an american writer, editor and literacy critic. He is known for his poetry and short stories. He is considered as the inventor of detective fiction. He tried makong a living through writing which was hard for him sinc publishers did not want to pay him much so he often needed to plead. Also, the industry was hurt by the Panic of 1837, where profits, prices, and wages went down and unemployment went up. 

You can see, that the house isnt so fancy, portraying his living situations and his lack of momey sort of. I feel like this monument isnt necessarily a reflection of the Bronx but a reflection of the time period that the person who lived there went through.

]]> 2018-03-31 14:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247602735 Alex- Museum of Jewish heritage/ the holocaust https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603003 1. The lives of Jewish families and traditions during the 1930s and 1940s. Also depicts the struggle endured by the Jews during there oppression by the Nazis. 
2. Artifacts from the time period, film, art, and documents. 
3. They don’t relflect my community since my school is catholic and my neighborhood has a slightly moderate Jewish presence. ]]> 2018-03-31 14:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603003 Zhiling Zhang https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603006 The monument I depieted is Charging Bull. Its designer Arturo Di Modica chose to place it in the Wall Street which is also near the Stock Exchange because he believed it’s the heart of the world finances and the monument would definitely become popular and bring luck to this community. The Charging Bull now represents the stock market and anything related to business. It contains its designer’s hope and bless of business, and eventually becomes the symbol of the community, which is Wall Street.]]> 2018-03-31 14:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603006 Aaron https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603008 The two monuments in my town(s) are dedicated to 9/11. They are memorials, made to represent all the lives that were lost on that day. Their stories are told through the rusted, burnt pieces of the towers that are propped up for all to see. Both memorials are placed at eye level, to show that all these people were just like you, an ordinary day with their schedule. They aren't people to look up to, because they are already on our level. These monuments represent our tristate community because it reminds us of how we all came together to help each other rebuild what was lost. On a national level, this represents the fear that spread like flies across America, and has turned us into something indescribable. Fun fact: it was the first 9/11 monument in America.]]> 2018-03-31 14:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603008 Jennifer: Armenian Genocide Memorial https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603011 This monument is across the street from my high school, on the front lawn of the Armenian Nursing Home. I think it represents the community because it is an Armenian nursing home and there is a significant population of Armenian people in my town.]]> 2018-03-31 14:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603011 Haja https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603111 The monuments in my community often depict black figures who have accomplished something in history (i.e. Clayton Powell Jr). These stores are told through the way Powell walks up a mountain, which can be seen as Powell working hard to reach his goals, no matter what obstacles he faces. These monuments reflect my community’s inspiration and hopes to reach their goals in a society that isn’t always supportive of their success. ]]> 2018-03-31 14:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603111 Kayla https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603226 The monument in my community is Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury. It's a mansion created by George Crawley. A man named John Phipps and his family lived in. The house is on about 200 acres of land. It is a good representation of how people lived in the early 1900 countryside]]> 2018-03-31 14:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603226 9/11 memorial https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603234 local 9/11 memorial commemorates the families who lost families, as victims and first responders. The two towers are steel from the Twin Towers. Surrounding the steel towers, there are individual headstones for each deceased person 
-Gwen]]> 2018-03-31 14:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603234 Ridgewood New York Veteran Triangle https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603364 A Veteran Memorial Triangle in Ridgewood, Queens. Across the bottom it is labeled “Men of Ridgewood”. Veterans from WWI are depicted in the monument. These people are portrayed as brave, who sacrificed their lives for their country. They are all white males, which might not reflect accurately of my neighborhood, this monument being labeled as “men of ridgewood”. ]]> 2018-03-31 14:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603364 Anna: Dey Mansion https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603450 The Dey Mansion is a museum in my town, Wayne NJ, that served as George Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War. He stayed there multiple times with other important people such as Alexander Hamilton. It is now a place where you can visit to learn more about the Revolutionary War. It depicts Washington as a war hero and a kind man through his letters that he wrote while staying there. Having said that, this causes people to lose sight of all the terrible things Washington did and the actual person he was. This reflects my town because I believe the people in my town refuse to acknowledge the harsh truths of history and would instead prefer ignorant bliss as to not feel guilty.]]> 2018-03-31 15:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603450 Kelly: Bronx Victory Memorial https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603526 This memorial was designed by architect John. J Sheridan (1888-1954) and sculptor Belle Kinney (1887-1959). With the monument standing over 110 feet tall, it was created to honor the servicemen who lost their live during World War 1]]> 2018-03-31 15:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603526 https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603877 Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
memorial to the more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War.]]> 2018-03-31 15:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247603877 Seventh Regiment 107 infantry Memorial https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247604218 This monument represents the specific group of people what were mounted at the border on Central Park around the same area as the memorial and were ready to fight during the Civil War.]]> 2018-03-31 15:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247604218 Frank Kwon kwoniscreative912 https://padlet.com/meredith_mcdevitt/j2vuhgeohup6/wish/247604573 The monument in our local is for the veterans of the Korean War placed in Closter NJ. This monument lists the name of the deceased veterans on cooper wall. 






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