/ en /news/2021-06/george-mason-statue-returns-wilkins-plaza <span>George Mason statue returns to Wilkins Plaza</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/231" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Colleen Rich</span></span> <span>Thu, 06/24/2021 - 15:40</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><div class="align-center" style="min-width: 50%;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b-qh3k_Jusc?autoplay=0&start=0&rel=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <p><span><span><span>Fifty-three weeks after it was moved to Holton Plaza to make way for construction related to the Core Campus Project, the iconic George Mason statue was returned to its home on ŃÇÖŢAV’s Wilkins Plaza.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qh3k_Jusc">Check out a video of the move</a>.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The statue, located on the plaza between the Johnson Center and the deLaski Performing Arts Building, will be part of the Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial that is expected to be installed by the week of July 19.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The memorial, designed by landscape architects Perkins & Will, in association with a diverse team of Mason faculty, staff and students, intertwines the narratives of two of George Mason IV’s slaves: Penny, a 10-year-old girl, and James, Mason’s personal manservant.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>“The replacement of the statue marks another significant milestone in the Core Campus Project,” Cathy Pinskey, program director at Mason Facilities, said of the project that is transforming the center of the Fairfax Campus. “With the installation of the memorial, it won’t be long until the entire reimagining of Wilkins Plaza is complete.”</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The moving of the bronze Mason statue by the Baltimore firm of North American Millwright was fairly straightforward.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>After it was loosened from its base, the statue was picked up by a forklift, strapped onto the back of a flatbed truck and shuttled from Holton Plaza to Wilkins Plaza.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>There it was placed on a newly constructed base that includes some of Mason’s most famous writings, which explain his important and complex role in American history, as author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and a slaveholder.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The statue’s next appointment is for a thorough cleaning and application of a protective wax finish, Pinskey said.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>As for the constructed base upon which the Mason statue sat at Holton Plaza, Pinskey said the next occupant is to be determined.</span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/116" hreflang="en">Campus News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3476" hreflang="en">George Mason statue</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3471" hreflang="en">Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/506" hreflang="en">Core Campus Project</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:40:11 +0000 Colleen Rich 46456 at /news/2020-06/george-mason-statue-moved-its-new-home-video <span>George Mason statue moved to its new home (video)</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/231" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Colleen Rich</span></span> <span>Fri, 06/12/2020 - 05:00</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3476" hreflang="en">George Mason statue</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/506" hreflang="en">Core Campus Project</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3471" hreflang="en">Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/116" hreflang="en">Campus News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:00:13 +0000 Colleen Rich 14356 at