Sculptor Rudulph Evans created the J. Sterling Morton Monument in three different pieces; the main sculpture of J. Sterling Morton, the goddess Daphne , and the bench behind J. Sterling Morton' s sculpture. |
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The pictures are QTVR images so you have to click and drag your mouse to rotate and view the sculptures. You will need the QuickTime Plugin 1.1 to view the quicktime vr movies. The J. Sterling Morton statue shows him wearing
an overcoat and holding a cane in his left hand and
a hat in the right. He stands on a solid block of
Rhode Island granite. The goddess Daphne holds a leafless tree branch.
This statue shows the spirit of "planted
trees." As the Greek legend goes, the goddess Daphne
changed herself into a laurel tree to escape from
Apollo. The laurel is a symbol of victory. The bench is called an exedra and is located in
the back of the J. Sterling Morton Monument.
Nebraska City residents have called this their
whispering bench. You can sit on one end of the
bench and communicate with someone on the other end
just by whispering through the bench. The bench has two relief panels on it. The
reliefs represent the Pawnee Treaty and planting
trees for Arbor Day. |
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