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Offline Penthesilea

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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2006, 01:27:46 pm »
So here is what I have finally decided to put:

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I never heard about this. I'm not even sure if I understand it correctly: this is a fundraising campaign from your museum, right? You spend a certain amount of money and in return you can decide what will be engraved/put on a brick. What kind of brick is it? A real one, from the wall of the museum building itself?
Or a symbolic brick of any kind? A wall decorated with inscriptions? Somehow I picture a solid brick wall, the front of the museum building, full of inscroptions. But I've never seen something like that or ever heard of it.

Anyway, I like what you chose.







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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2006, 02:39:00 pm »
It is a "Paver Brick" and will go into the walkway leading into the museum. A river of words, names and such.

I had not thought about side by side bricks, they are $125 each, until Sept 1st, they go up to $150. I am not sure they would end up side by side, anyway I think I'll just do this one.

I settled on the wording because it represented a last glimmer of unbridaled hope Jack had before Ennis said: "I doubt there's anything we can do" and it also decribes all of us. It got us too. 
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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2006, 02:43:36 pm »
I never heard about this. I'm not even sure if I understand it correctly: this is a fundraising campaign from your museum, right? You spend a certain amount of money and in return you can decide what will be engraved/put on a brick. What kind of brick is it? A real one, from the wall of the museum building itself?
Or a symbolic brick of any kind? A wall decorated with inscriptions? Somehow I picture a solid brick wall, the front of the museum building, full of inscroptions. But I've never seen something like that or ever heard of it.

Anyway, I like what you chose.








Actually, they put these bricks in a sidewalk just outside the doors usually... They're standard size bricks except they don't have holes in em.
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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2006, 04:15:23 pm »
Thank you Daniel and shakestheground for the explanation  :)

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A river of words, names and such

A beautiful idea.

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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2006, 04:19:39 pm »
That's a great inscription, Truman!  Nice choice  :)

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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2006, 04:24:59 pm »
Someone should buy them a sidewalk brick in the plaza in front of Disneyland with thier names on it.  ;D  :D

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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2006, 06:18:35 pm »
Be sure to post a pic of the brick when its in place.    :)

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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2006, 07:41:59 pm »
Very, very nice idea.  Thanks for doing this!  I also hope we get to see a pic eventually.  Or even the real brick itself.  Where will it be?

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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2006, 09:14:47 pm »
The museum is supposed to have its gand opening in december, about two year behind scedual. Hopefull before then it will be in place.

You know on another board there was a drive to put the DVD of BBM in every library in the country. This would be more expensive, but it is a very permanent declaration. Maybe folks could keep it in mind when they see a chance.
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Re: Memorial Brick
« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2006, 12:35:42 am »
You know on another board there was a drive to put the DVD of BBM in every library in the country. This would be more expensive, but it is a very permanent declaration. Maybe folks could keep it in mind when they see a chance.

I was joking with a friend today that we should raise money to put a written copy of BBM in every hotel room, right on top of the Gideon Bible.  I think that honorary bricks and DVD copies are much more realistic!   :)  Just other ways to spread the word!
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