#Statue

#ArthurGeorgeWalker’s statue of #FlorenceNightingale standing resolutely with her lamp, honours her wartime service & statistical #Healthcare reforms. Erected in 1915 as part of the #GuardsCrimeanWarMemorial ensemble, the #Bronze #Statue has become emblematic of #Nursing leadership & compassionate care - linking Victorian reform to modern global healthcare practice #KCLMedic

In Source: Florence Nightingale

9.30 AM, 26 August 2025

Commissioned in 2007, the #Statue commemorates #SirJohnBetjeman's role in saving #StPancras railway station from demolition in the late 60s. British Rail announced plans to demolish the historic station which opened in 1868. The #Poet Betjeman led a campaign & wrote poetically to save the station from a “criminal folly”. Following a public outcry the plans were scrapped.

In Source: Sir John Betjeman

9.14 AM, 17 April 2024

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The colossal #neoclassical #sculpture of the Roman Goddess #Libertas, holds a torch above her head, and a tablet with the inscription July 4, 1776, the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A broken shackle and chain lie at her feet, commemorating the abolition of slavery. After its dedication, the #statue became an icon of #freedom, #democracy and of the United States.

In Source: Statue of Liberty

9.26 AM, 15 June 2022

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