Sunday, June 10, 2012 is National Firemen’s Day and commemorated by Bob Shure’s Boston Monument sculpture. Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial 2007 Outside Beacon Hill State/ Bowdoin St. and Ashburton PL. Robert Shure, Sculptor Bronze In this strong bronze pyramid, the artist depicts the constant war between man and fire as three firemen are positioned to Read More…
“In 1868, Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan issued General Order No. 11 calling for all Departments and Posts to set aside the 30Th of May as a day for remembering the sacrifices of fallen comrades, thereby beginning the celebration of Memorial Day.” (Taken from the Stone) Thus began the birth of our Memorial Day Weekend, Boston, Read More…
We hope all the young and old families of our North End / Waterfront audience visit this fun educational Boston tradition. “Make Way for Ducklings,” a children’s book written by Robert McCloskey in 1941, won the Caldecott Medal (an award given annually for outstanding juvenile literature) in 1942. It quickly became a classic, going through Read More…
The 2012 baseball season is upon us, and with this sport Boston’s Public Art and artists have created memorable athletic individuals and positive roll models for us all. A monument celebrating “Ted Williams “by Franc Talarico tells us about the meaning of American baseball. Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led Read More…
You may be familiar with Cyrus E. Dallin’s Boston monuments. Paul Revere, Anne Hutchinson and Appeal To The Great Spirit are just some of his spiritualistic memorial sculptures inspiring all of us. Dallin, the son of Thomas and Jane (Hamer) Dallin, was born in Springville, Utah, to a family then belonging to The Church of Read More…
For Boston, another first, with the annual running of the Boston Marathon is celebrated by great local artists, Robert Shure, Mark Flannery and Nancy Schon. The longest continuously run annual marathon in the world, the Boston Marathon ends here at Copley Square with these sculptures. Situated adjacent to the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Read More…
A new monument commemorates a continuing flow of different peoples immigrating to Boston, to America. Their struggles captured using the mediums of sculpture and landscape designs currently being constructed on our Greenway at the corner of Cross/Atlantic Ave, Boston. This monument celebrates all immigrants who have entered Boston hoping and working to make a better Read More…
The first Made-in-America sculpture is housed in the Old North Church. Boston not Philadelphia, nor New York, nor Washington D.C. can say it has the first American-made Carrara bust of George Washington, Father of our Country. Had the American Revolution not intervened, more London-made memorials might have come to Boston to join the Scheemakers, Cheere, Read More…
Book Signing by Joe Gallo author of “Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us” at Cafe Paradiso 255 Hanover Street, North End on Friday between 10:00 am – 12:00pm, March 2, 2012. “Boston Bronze & Stone Speak to Us” is a guidebook to the bronze and stone monuments throughout the City of Boston. In the Read More…