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Название: Boston: Boston Irish Famine Memorial To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine, where one million people were killed and another two million forced to flee Ireland, Boston's Irish community unveiled a $1 million memorial park on June 28, 1998. Sculpted by Robert Shure, the memorial features two life-size sculptures--one (pictured here) depicting a family leaving Ireland's shores, impoverished and desperate; and another depicting a family arriving in Boston, filled with hope and determination. Over 100,000 Irish refugees came to Boston between 1845 and 1849, transforming the city. Despite 'No Irish Need Apply' signs and other anti-Irish discrimination in Boston, the Irish ultimately prevailed, taking over the city government. The memorial park is located in downtown Boston, the park is sited along the city's Freedom Trail at the corner of Washington and School Streets, near Downtown Crossing, just a few blocks from where the Irish refugees first crowded into tenements along Boston's waterfront. Shure, a Brooklyn native was a unanimous selection in an international competition to design the memorial. He has produced a number of significant sculptures, notably the Korean War Monument in The Charlestown Navy Yard and the George Washington Memorial at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. His local work includes the Ted Williams Tunnel plaque, the Boston police and firemen sculpture at International Place, the American Family monument at Norwood Town Common, the bronze sculptures of marathon runners at Copley Square Park, and the since removed giant teddy bear in front of F.A.O. Schwarz store in Back Bay.
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Boston: Boston Irish Famine Memorial To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine, where one million people were killed and another two million forced to flee Ireland, Boston's Irish community unveiled a $1 million memorial park on June 28, 1998. Sculpted by Robert Shure, the memorial features two life-size sculptures--one (pictured here) depicting a family leaving Ireland's shores, impoverished and desperate; and another depicting a family arriving in Boston, filled with hope and determination. Over 100,000 Irish refugees came to Boston between 1845 and 1849, transforming the city. Despite 'No Irish Need Apply' signs and other anti-Irish discrimination in Boston, the Irish ultimately prevailed, taking over the city government. The memorial park is located in downtown Boston, the park is sited along the city's Freedom Trail at the corner of Washington and School Streets, near Downtown Crossing, just a few blocks from where the Irish refugees first crowded into tenements along Boston's waterfront. Shure, a Brooklyn native was a unanimous selection in an international competition to design the memorial. He has produced a number of significant sculptures, notably the Korean War Monument in The Charlestown Navy Yard and the George Washington Memorial at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. His local work includes the Ted Williams Tunnel plaque, the Boston police and firemen sculpture at International Place, the American Family monument at Norwood Town Common, the bronze sculptures of marathon runners at Copley Square Park, and the since removed giant teddy bear in front of F.A.O. Schwarz store in Back Bay.

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