![]() ![]() Perhaps that’s why the Washington Post has dubbed Meridian Hill Park as the “Death Valley of statuary. Joan has had her own battle with the hooligans that regularly wrench the bronze sword from her grasp. If statues could talk, then Serenity would have a friend in the nearby equestrian Joan of Arc statue. Schuetze passed away in 1907, but if he were to look upon his memorial today he might point out with annoyance that his name is misspelled in the engraving as “Scheutze.” This isn’t a particularly controversial statue, however Serenity simply makes an inviting target because it’s located in a secluded corner of Meridian Hill Park that is shielded by shrubbery. In all likelihood, the decades of vandalism are random acts of destruction committed by neighborhood boys. tells you she's hurting before she keens. Love keeps her in the air when she ought to fall down. she'll shake you off just as sure as the turn of the worlds. but you take a boat in the air that you don't love. Serenity is an allegorical statue that honors an obscure naval officer named William Henry Schuetze. You can learn all the math in the 'verse. The statue was first placed in 1925, and within a year the Washington Post was reporting that “red paint has been applied to various parts of the anatomy.” Every few years another article would come out bemoaning the latest act of destruction, and they keep coming to this day. It got so bad that the Park Service gave up making repairs years ago. When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything or anyone to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But none have had as much abuse heaped upon them as Serenity. ![]() Bronze ornamentation gets bent, names are tagged, and stickers stuck. Monuments in Washington, D.C., are frequent targets of vandalism. He wrote the short film Uninvited Guests. A lack of upkeep hasn’t helped matters, with a huge crack developing between the carrara marble statue and its base. Throughout his career, his work has appeared in an eclectic combination of newspapers, magazines, books and websites. The Serenity Statue in Meridian Hill Park looks anything but serene its face appears to have been mauled with a hammer, and someone’s smashed off a hand and a toe. ![]()
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