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Mar 14, 2005
One Man Named Asa
Monuments to individuals are generally built to honor their biggest achievement; indeed, that’s usually why one becomes eligible for a big stone marker to begin with. In recent months DCist has visited Sonny Bono park, the Clark Griffith monument and Kahlil Gibran memorial, all of which reference the acts/circumstances/events for which they are primarily remembered. Other times, when an individual’s accomplishments are too numerous to convey visually, their monuments tend to be more abstract –…