Daily Mail10y
Highly-anticipated opening of 1901 Boston time capsule in lion statue yields only a little red book... and it's too fragile to read
Robert Shure, owner of Skylight Studio, first removed a crown atop the copper and gold-leaf ... 1901 article in the Boston Globe reported on the original placement of the statue, as well as ...
Remembering Harold ‘Hal’ Connolly, Boston College grad, who was the last American to win the Olympic hammer throw gold medal in 1956
If you don’t know about Harold “Hal” Connolly, or about his Olympic gold medal, or how his disabled left arm ultimately ...
The Pilot6d
Thief steals precious crown from statue of Mary at Philadelphia church
A Philadelphia parish is in shock following the brazen theft of an historic golden crown from a beloved statue of Mary. An intruder smashed a stained-glass window at St. Jo ...
BBC4y
Confederate and Columbus statues toppled by US protesters
Statues of Columbus in Boston, Miami and Virginia have been vandalised. The movement has been sparked by the death in police custody of African American George Floyd. His death in Minneapolis has ...