Thursday, July 04, 2013

Monuments to George M. Cohan

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Photo by Rory Raven

It being July the 4th and all, I thought it might be fitting to do an appendix type post celebrating some of George M. Cohan's material (as opposed to musical) legacy. Especially because no one ever looks at these things. People walk by them everyday, they could stub their toe on them, and somehow statues and signs and such (at least ones in the city) tend not to do what they're supposed to do -- make you contemplate or remember their subject. Hopefully, pictures will make you do that.
The street sign above is in Providence, George M. Cohan's birthplace, photographed by Rory Raven.
The statue below, photographed by me, is nearby:


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And here's the one millions of people never look at, the one in Times Square (technically it's Father Duffy Square, the literal Times Square is a couple of blocks south). If this statue were to come to life and pick up a machine gun and shoot it in all directions, he could hit about 100,000 people -- all day, every day. But until it did that, I don't think anyone would know that it was there. Yet, look at it. It's right in the middle of everything. Don't worry, George M. Columbus has the same problem.


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Lastly, George M. Cohan's house still stands. It's right on the water in the Kings Point section of Great Neck, next to a park:


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