In 1921, the United Kingdom's foreign secretary, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, said of George Washington: “... he was a great Englishman, one of the greatest Englishmen who ever lived; because though he ...

George Jones was honored by the Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday (June 3) with the unveiling of a life-sized statue out front. The "He Stopped Loving Her Today" singer's Ryman likeness joins the likes of ...

Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member George Jones is the latest genre icon to be memorialized with a bronze statue on the "Icons Walk" at the Ryman Auditorium's property. "One of the ...

The late legend is honored by the historic Ryman Auditorium, joining statues of Charley Pride, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe and Little Jimmy Dickens Nancy Kruh is a Nashville-based writer-reporter for ...

The City of Newark, New Jersey, paid tribute to George Floyd on June 16 when officials unveiled a larger-than-life statue in his honor. The 700-lb. bronze statue depicting Floyd wearing comfortable ...

A Texas-based startup is seeking backers for its new, ambitious project: building the largest statue in the country. The statue, a 500-foot stainless-steel monument to George Washington, would sit ...

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While much of the lead statue was melted down into ammunition fired back at British troops during the ensuing Revolutionary War, some fragments of the statue and the pedestal were destined for a ...

A monument-building startup said on social media that it is planning to build a 500-foot statue of George Washington with a stainless-steel exterior. The organization More Monuments said on X that the ...

A statue of George Jones was unveiled on the Ryman Auditorium's "Icons Walk." Jones joins other country music icons like Little Jimmy Dickens, Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, and Charley Pride on the Icons ...