I took this photograph at the 9/11 memorial .The person that is being commemorated is my cousin  Elizabeth Holmes she is one out of 2,996 people that lost their life on 9/11 when New York was attached by terrorist. This was a very devastating time for my family and other family that lost loves in this emotional time. My reflection about the commemoration is that the way it was design it was so beautiful and breath taken I love the water fall that surround all the names of people that lost their life. The water fall make you feel so calm but when you look at all the people names on this concrete it make you feel nothing but sorrow. My cousin is special to me because she a wonderful loving person . She will always be missed.

The “John Lennon Memorial” is located Central Park west. As soon as professor donsky told us about this assignment, I knew right away I was going to do this piece. This is a beautiful piece to honor the great John  Lennon. I have been a huge Beatles fan my entire life.John Lennon has always been a strong believer in peace and has shown it in his music. December 8th has marked thirty six years of john Lennon passing. I still think to myself what he would have to say about everything going on in our world today and what his music would be like today. The piece is titled “Imagine” from his famous song. The song had a message of people living in peace and that we can make it happen if we work together. The memory of john Lennon will continue to live on.

The picture was taken in Albany ny . This memorial represent all the people who have fought in World War Two . The reason why the soldiers are being honored is because many lost their life to fight for the country.It was the foundation of the modern world order. My reflection about this commemoration is that it a beautiful  reflection on what happen in those days and a awesome and unique way to pay respect it absolutely caught my eye.

On my way to work I decided to take a detour into Central Park in the Strawberry Fields part which is the most attractive one to tourists lately. Lennon’s music was a great gift not only to Americans but from an international perspective as well. At his memorial in Central Park, Strawberry Fields is named after one of his songs called ” Strawberry Fields Forever.” Strawberry Fields was officially dedicated on October 9, 1985, the 45th anniversary of Lennon’s birth. Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono Lennon, worked with landscape architect Bruce Kelly and Central Park Conservancy to create a meditative spot. The mosaic was created by Italian craftsmen and given as a gift by the city of Naples. Based on a Greco-Roman design, it bears the word of another of Lennon’s songs: Imagine. A designated Quiet Zone in the Park, the memorial is shaded by stately American elms and lined with benches. In the warmer months, flowers bloom all around the area. Along the path near the mosaic, you’ll find a bronze plaque that lists the 121 countries that endorse Strawberry Fields as a Garden of Peace. Personally, there isn’t too much of a quiet zone with that area now as thousands of people go about this area to take pictures and the hippies are there to promote their buttons in support of John Lennon. It is a very beautiful design when I went to see it up close and in honoring the deceased I find it very wonderful to say the least.

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John Lennon

The Jose Artigas Staute was a surprise to me as I was on my way to a restaurant in the SOHO area in Manhattan. After further research I discovered who he was and this is what i found out.  José Artigas was born on June 19, 1764 on the outskirts of Montevideo, then part of the Banda Oriental del Uruguay, in the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Artigas’ parents were criollos, and his family were landowners; it was on their estates that at a young age he earned the respect and admiration of the gauchos for his courage and strong character. In 1797 he became military commander of the Cuerpo de Blandengues, a Spanish force charged with getting rid the country of outlaws and smugglers.

The larger-than-life statue of Artigas in Soho Square is a second cast of an original by José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín (1891-1975), which has stood in Montevideo, in front of the Uruguayan National Bank, since 1949. Zorrilla served as Director of the Uruguayan National Museum of Fine Arts, and was then considered his country’s outstanding sculptor. His father, Juan Zorrilla de San Martín, was both a poet and Uruguay’s Ambassador to Spain. This replica was fabricated by Vignali and Company, and placed on a Uruguayan granite base designed by architect Maria Cristina Caquías.

Soho Square, in which the statue stands was one of several wedge-shaped public plazas created when Sixth Avenue was extended south of Carmine Street in the 1920s.

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“SoHo Square.” SoHo Square Highlights : NYC Parks. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016

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This is a memorial for founder of the block association in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn, New York. She was a pillar in the community she served the community by opening doors to create a sense of family amongst people. The association is used to set up meeting to improve the community, open the ties to the police department and ways to improve the area where she lived. The meetings discuss the annual block parties, how to get music for the event, the preparation of food and how to entertain children for the event. When she organized the events I’m sure it was families getting together outside to enjoy the weather, while children played hopscotch, riding bikes and jumping rope. While the adults grilled outside and music was played in the streets. The neighborhood watch organization was also set up that helped the members to become aware of the people and they’re that live in the neighborhood.

The relationship with the police department helped ensure that the neighborhood is protected and served by them. The block association is still going strong today because of the Mrs. Trotman. It also helps families in need especially around the holidays with charitable donations for children with toys drive, coat drive and hot meal for elderly. Now at the annual block parties the events are much larger a special DJ or band is called to perform and children play on hoover boards but they still ride bikes. We are thankful for Mrs. Trotman that made a way for these events to continue, she was beloved wife and devoted sister. I was able to find out if she had children but I’m sure the younger generation feels like we are all her children because we are still able to take part in her legacy.