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Grand Rapids, Michigan (PRWEB) March 03, 2022 -- Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, one of the nation’s premier botanic and sculpture experiences, is
William J. Herbert/ Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids' first Holocaust memorial is set to debut at the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in 2022. The initiative was spurred by a gift from the Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids and a donation from the Pestka family. Linda and Steve Pestka are the children of Henry Pestka who was a Holocaust survivor. They were looking for a way to honor their late father and the six million Jews that were murdered in the Holocaust. Linda says she was excited at the idea of using artwork to help tell the history of events in an accurate way.
summary Charting the Plantation Landscape from Natchez to New Orleans examines the hidden histories behind one of the nineteenth-century South’s most famous maps: Norman’s Chart of the Lower Mississippi River, created by surveyor Marie Adrien Persac before the Civil War and used for decades to guide the pilots of river vessels. Beyond its purely cartographic function, Persac’s map depicted a world of accomplishment and prosperity, while concealing the enslaved and exploited laborers whose work powered the plantations Persac drew. In this collection, contributors from a variety ...