Statues

Return of a Giant

A fully restored Vulcan—Birmingham, Alabama’s 100-year-old statue— resumes it’s rightful place in town

March 2004

Even Our Most Loved Monuments Had a Trial by Fire

Controversies like those swirling around the FDR Memorial are the rule when Americans try to agree on anything to be cast in bronze

April 30, 1997

Taking Liberties With An American Goddess

Mocked, martyred and marketed, our favorite statue is still hard at work “enlightening the world”

July 1996