"La Paix" from the Normandie Oceanliner

USA / New York / Wheatley Heights /
 sculpture, interesting place
"La Paix" by Dejean. Standing thirteen feet tall - dominating the center of the first class dining room of the french liner NORMANDIE. This gilded statue of a toga-clad woman, one arm raised and offering an olive branch, now presides over the "Garden of Normandie" at Pinelawn Memorial Park. Paix = Peace (from Latin pax) usually refers to a state of calm or tranquility as an absence of disturbance, agitation or conflict. It is sometimes seen as a social and political ideal.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Normandie
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Coordinates:   40°45'11"N   73°23'14"W

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  • Find out how La Prix made it to Pinelawn by following this link to a Time.com article. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,801685,00.html
  • If this link doesn't work you can google - la prix from the normandie - scroll down for the Time article called From Normandie to Lebanon
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