statues

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Millions will be spent to regild the hulking Art Deco statues that buttress Arlington Memorial Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“Every year, one or two or three statues were erected. But they didn’t honor Lenin or Stalin. The statues were of Alexander I, of Peter the Great, of Catherine, of Nicholas I.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Crowley had tried to sell the statues to Sotheby's auction house in London between November 2022 and July 2023.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The judge accepted that Crowley had inherited the statues from his grandfather and did not at any point believe that they were counterfeits.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Outside the library were statues of sea creatures, including giant sea turtles and sharks.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn