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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: July 15, 2019
Caption: "The Struggle"
(sculpture located near marker)
Additional Description: Black Settlement
Burial Ground
1831-1841The cross: I intended the cross to be unusual, inspiring, original and most of all truthful. My thoughts went back two millenia, to the hills of Golgotha (Calvary) on the outskirts of ancient Jerusalem. In my mind, I saw not one, but three crosses…
They were far apart (Alabama - Calvary - Mississippi) but the suffering was one and, somehow the crosses began to join and bridge together... the weaknesses and struggle of the sinners had become the source of strength for the Redeemer in His own struggle.

Representation: The rising cross in my sculpture symbolizes the struggle of the human strengths against its weaknesses. The three crosses represent forgiveness, tolerance and understanding through Unity, Equality and Pride of each and every human being, for whom the highest price was paid on the Cross of Calvary.

Dedication: I dedicate my sculpture to commemorate the struggle of all builders of our Nation... past, present and future... Long live Canada!

Sculpture by Wieslaw Wojcik 1997
Submitted: January 4, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p506792
File Size: 6.364 Megabytes

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