Ames Monument And Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 08/25/2017 1:06 pm The Ames Monument near Laramie, Wyoming was erected to mark the highest point on the original transcontinental railroad, and to honor the Ames brothers who played a large role in the railroad construction. We stopped by there yesterday and I happened to notice that the bas relief portraits near the top of the 60 foot granite pyramid were sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the same man who designed the $20 double eagle. I thought it was an interesting connection to numismatics, way out there in the middle of nowhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Monument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augus...aint-Gaudens Report this Post to the Staff

Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 08/25/2017 1:53 pm He was a foremost sculptor in his day. Just being a mint employee was NOT a requirement for acceptance of coin designs, but it did seem to help. Always interesting to see the clash of egos when it comes to coin design, I imagine hilarious tales of derring-do and underhanded trickery were involved. There's gotta be a book or articles written about these jokers somewhere!? Edit: I wonder how many of his creations will withstand the current movement to scrub our national identity of its true history. Quite the dangerous slope of the downfall of a country's heritage, remove it's antiquities, remove its identity. Sad to see the country I served in war, for get taken over by the same forces I was told I was fighting against all those many years ago. Edited by Crazyb0 08/25/2017 2:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 08/25/2017 2:25 pm As much as we all avoid politics, which we should do, I have to salute you, Crazy. My first out of Iowa training was at Quantico, and I spent every spare moment going to DC to appreciate our nation's treasures. We must watch that books don't follow the present stigmata toward historical times and people being eliminated, as if it never happened. I saw a number of St. Gauden's works and I was overcome with pride in knowing that men could achieve such beauty. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 08/25/2017 5:06 pm Crazybo & Moxking - thank you for your service. Never would people in St. Gauden's day, who were so proud to make such beautiful designs for the country they loved, have thought we could sink so low. It is treasonous to erase American history. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 08/25/2017 6:04 pm This is not where I wanted this thread to go. Report this Post to the Staff
ArrowsAndRays Pillar of the Community United States 1654 Posts	Posted 08/25/2017 7:36 pm The OP wasn't about politics. Please keep politics out of your responses. Report this Post to the Staff
ArrowsAndRays Pillar of the Community United States 1654 Posts	Posted 08/25/2017 7:42 pm We visited the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire last summer. The sculpture, the statues, the cabinets of coins and medals, the Shaw Memorial - wonders where ever you looked. https://www.nps.gov/saga/index.htm Report this Post to the Staff
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