538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius 1894 – Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph A. Biedenharn. 1918 – Moscow becomes the […]
Archives for March 12, 2018
Image and Likeness
Four sculptures commissioned in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as part of the former Catholic Memorial to September 11 in Battery Park City, are slated to move to a new home in Tribeca. Saint Michael The statues, by acclaimed sculptor John Collier, were once part of the Saint Joseph Chapel, […]