First of all, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Horror Day. Later on tonight, you will have a chance to win 1,000 BlogMad credits. Keep checking for that. Now on to tonight's first story. Henry Adams hired American sculpture Augustus St. Gaudens to construct a memorial for his beloved wife, Marian "Clover" Adams who committed suicide after the death of her father. After four years, the piece was finished in 1891. It was never officially named, but it was mostly known as the "Adams Memorial" and later "Grief". Stories vary as to how it received that nickname. The statue was so fascinating that a sculpture named Eduard L.A. Pausch copied it. The statue would go to be named "Black Aggie". General Felix Agnus purchased the copy in 1905 to place at his family's tomb. Then had a monument and pedestal created that would closely match the setting of the Adams Memorial in Washington. No one knows exactly why he chose this statue. A year later,
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All I know is I lived there at the time those happened and was crushed when I went to work the other day and everyone was talking about having seen them. I felt so left out! I totally missed the action! And I was SOOO mad when dumb Gov Fife Symington (who was as stupid as his name!) held the press conference and had a man come out in an alien suit and made a joke out of the whole thing. IDIOT!
So...fat lot of good this did you. I answered nothing. Just let you know how I feel about one of AZ's ex-governors...