Irish Memorial
Glenna Goodacre,
2002 (opened late 2003)
* smallgroup of peoplestanding,
lying and sitting,
grave stones,
crosses,
shovel,
part of a ship,
luggage,
cane,
hats
* Was on the Southeast corner, Front and Chestnut. Moved late 2023 through early 2024. Pictures are from the original location.
* inscription:
(excerpt)
Remembrance
The hunger ended
but it never went away
It was there in silent memories,
from one generation
to the next,
The time to take away
the silence has come,
to commemorate,
to mourn what was lost
to celebrate what survives -
without apology or fear.
We have it in our power
not only to remember
what took place but to relive it...
To find in the hungry and lost,
not a different race...
but the faces of our ancestors...
An image of ourselves.
-Peter Quinn
* Southwest corner of Foglietta Plaza.
Northeast corner of Spruce and 38th Parallel Place.
* 39.944500,-75.143825 [map][nearby]
* On the Penn's Landing tour
* Exhibits: Favorites,
Moved
