Goddess Ceres Takes a Trip
I think it was in 1928 that the state of Missouri put a statue of Ceres atop the dome of the capitol building. (Inside the building, the walls have panoramic murals by Thomas Hart Benton in scenes that include grain growing and other agriculture.) This past autumn the state removed Ceres in order to do huge amounts of maintenance on the building. Here is Ceres, flying --er, being hoisted-- through the air, with a state flag alternately flapping proudly, then wrapping her body.
ClareBroommaker
Sat, 02/23/2019 - 19:27
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Then she lay in repose
Ceres was made to lay in repose, funeral-like, but she raised an arm to wave goodbye.
ClareBroommaker
Sat, 02/23/2019 - 19:30
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Finally she was towed away
Finally she was towed away on a trailer which, curiously, was labled, RICE.
David Trammel
Sat, 02/23/2019 - 20:49
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WOW
I saw no mention of this in my local news.
Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. Amazing that such a bible thumping state put a Roman goddess on their state capital building, lol.
ClareBroommaker
Tue, 12/10/2019 - 16:36
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Legislator says < don't put false god image back up>
After a year's restoration and also restoring the building itself, a state legislator is asking the governor to halt the statue being re-set atop the capitol on the grounds that it is a false god and that his god's image would not be allowed to have such a position
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/say-no-to-false-go...
https://www.missourinet.com/2019/12/09/ceres-expected-to-return-to-top-o...
I'd love to have it in my garden..