MacNeil Month 2022 ~ “Pillar #4”
ByHermon A. MacNeil
The FOURTH Pillar of MacNeil Month 2022 is
Hermon Atkins MacNeil’s
MacNeil’s George Washington
has not always been treated kindly.
Vandals in June 2020 left their angry marks on
George Washington.
Both Hermon MacNeil’s and Alexander Stirling Calder’s statues were covered with RED sploches of HATE. The following post from June 30, 2020
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In 1974 Cecelia MacNeil decried the condition of Hermon’s 1916 marble statue.(Above)
Six decades of careless sandblasting and harsh cleaning left the Commander looking
more like a LEPER than
commander in Chief of the American Revolution.
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Fortunately the Washington Arch and Washington Park
continues into its SECOND CENTURY
as a gathering place and a celebration place for
New Yorkers to call out to
the Nation and World.
“Washington” in evening light
