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47-531: Mahanoy may refer to: Municipalities [ edit ] Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania , a borough in Schuylkill County Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania Little Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania ,

94-555: A 16-ft high monument, consists of four eight-foot bronze figures, patinaed in blue-gray, standing side by side and mounted on a ten-by-two-foot bronze base. The two middle figures are flag bearers, carrying the United States and Air Force flags and battle streamers, flanked by two rifle guards. The Honor Guard soldiers depicted in the Air Force Memorial are, from left to right, a Caucasian man, an African American man,

141-476: A Latino man and a Caucasian woman. The sculpture stands before the granite inscription wall bearing the names of U.S. Air Force recipients of the Medal of Honor. The facing south wall is inscribed with Air Force core-value quotations: "Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do." The monument stands adjacent to the memorial's three stainless-steel spires created by James Ingo Freed that soar above

188-456: A fist thrust to the sky, is commemorated in Frudakis' bronze statue displayed at Pinehurst Resort , North Carolina, near the spot where Stewart, in 1999, made this gesture upon winning the U.S. Open. The sculpture was unveiled at Pinehurst in 2001. In 2014, when Pinehurst once again hosted the U.S. Open, on the 15th anniversary of Stewart's win, attendees posed alongside the sculpture, mimicking

235-528: A railroad incline plane in east central Pennsylvania Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mahanoy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahanoy&oldid=1188173909 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

282-596: A ridge extending through Schuylkill County, overlooks it on the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km ), all land. It has a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Dfb ) and average temperatures range from 24.3 °F in January to 69.3 °F in July. The hardiness zone is borderline between 5b and 6a, meaning that

329-846: A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Other [ edit ] Mahanoy Creek , a tributary of the Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania Mahanoy Area School District , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. , a Supreme Court case involving the school district State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy , a medium-security, correctional facility in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Mahanoy Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad , an abandoned railroad in east central Pennsylvania Mahanoy Plane ,

376-717: Is The Water Hole , a life-size sculpture of an elephant playfully spraying water on a boy sitting on the elephant's back. It was commissioned by department store owner Stockton Strawbridge for the Burlington Center Mall in Burlington, New Jersey . His subsequent public monuments include the sculptures Path to Manhood in Dallas ; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument in Chester, Pennsylvania ; Knowledge

423-763: Is Power at Rowan University , Glassboro, New Jersey ; the United States Air Force National Memorial Honor Guard in Arlington, Virginia ; and Freedom in Philadelphia. Using Francis Bacon's quote, "Knowledge is Power" as the central theme, Frudakis sculpted this monument to inspire the process and pleasure of learning. Using the visual metaphor of an open book, the 8-ft high by 12-ft wide sculpture features Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein emerging from its pages. These influential figures represent key shifts in

470-455: Is an American sculptor whose diverse body of work includes monuments, memorials, portrait busts and statues of living and historic individuals, military subjects, sports figures and animal sculpture. Over the past four decades he has sculpted monumental works and over 100 figurative sculptures included within public and private collections throughout the United States and internationally. Frudakis currently lives and works near Philadelphia , and

517-908: Is best known for his sculpture Freedom , which shows a series of figures breaking free from a wall and is installed in downtown Philadelphia. Other notable works are at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia , Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina , the National Academy of Design , and the Lotos Club of New York City , the Imperial War Museum in England , the Utsukushi ga-hara Open Air Museum in Japan , and

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564-553: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania The name Mahanoy is believed to be a variation of the Delaware word Maghonioy , or "the salt deposits". Mahanoy City, originally a part of Mahanoy township, was settled in 1859 and incorporated as a borough by decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Schuylkill County on December 16, 1863. It

611-830: Is displayed at the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame . Frudakis has sculpted a wide range of subject matter in bronze, stainless steel and clay, including monuments, memorial, portrait busts, statues, military, sports, animals, people and historic figures. The sculptures range in size and technique from relief panels to monuments. His best-known and most acclaimed works include Freedom , the United States Air Force Memorial Honor Guard , Payne Stewart , John D. McArthur , Clarence Darrow , Frederick Law Olmsted , James Braddock and Nina Simone . The 8-foot bronze statue honoring Palm Beach Gardens’ city founder John D. MacArthur

658-474: Is mounted on a 3-foot base of granite from a quarry in Vermont. Unveiled on November 21, 2010 as part of the city's 50th anniversary celebration, the sculpture is installed at the city hall entrance on Military Trail. Commissioned by The North Carolina Arboretum, the first larger-than-life-size sculpture of Frederick Law Olmsted is a tribute to the man known as the father of American landscape architecture. It

705-687: The Gary, Indiana area due to illness of his father. During this time, he spent summers working in steel mills, and in 1970 to 1971, attended Indiana University Northwest Extension. In 1972, Frudakis moved to Philadelphia to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . Concurrently, he also studied sculpture privately with Prix de Rome winner Evangelos Frudakis , his elder brother. Frudakis studied painting privately with Prix de Rome winner James Hanes . From 1977 to 1983, he attended

752-588: The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee . Some of Frudakis's sculptures have generated controversy. When he sculpted a life-size bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa , apartheid was still in effect there. The U.S. government had advised Frudakis he could be jailed for bringing the sculpture into South Africa, so the bust was brought into

799-612: The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria , South Africa . Born on July 7, 1951, in San Francisco , Frudakis is the oldest of five children. He was born to Greek-American parents, and was raised primarily in Northwestern Indiana, with the exception of several years in Wheeling, West Virginia . As a child, Frudakis first began to sculpt under the family's kitchen table with a piece of dough given to him by his mother as she

846-639: The University of Pennsylvania , where Frudakis earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Fine Arts. In 1976, Frudakis married Rosalie Gluchoff. Together they began a gallery and ran Frudakis Studio, located in center city Philadelphia. Frudakis' first important commission was a portrait sculpture of Samuel L. Evans, founder of the American Foundation for Negro Affairs (AFNA); followed by portrait sculptures of Wilson Goode , former mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Honorable K. Leroy Irvis ,

893-756: The Arnold Palmer Airport, Latrobe, Pennsylvania and the Arnold Palmer at Tralee, Ireland; Jack Nicklaus at the USGA Museum, Far Hills, New Jersey, and at Valhalla, Lexington, Kentucky; Dinah Shore at the Wall of Champions, Rancho Mirage, California; Bob Jones at East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, and U.S. Golf Association Museum, Liberty Corner, New Jersey; and Robert H. Dedman, Sr. and Richard Tufts at Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, North Carolina. Golf Digest commissioned Frudakis to create

940-540: The DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, Florida , shows Joe DiMaggio kneeling to speak to a young boy, and includes the inscription, "We never stand so tall as when we stoop to help a child." World champion boxer James J. Braddock (known as "the Cinderella Man") is commemorated in a 10-foot, 1,500-pound bronze statue at James J. Braddock North Hudson Park, North Bergen, New Jersey, near where

987-424: The abstract topographic map, which came from his mind and became the land that he stood on." The memorial sculpture of Nina Simone depicts the "High Priestess of Soul" seated atop a stone base while performing on a floating keyboard. The keyboard is sculpted in the form of a wave—evoking the sense of grace, rhythm and music. Simone's daughter, Broadway actress Lisa Simone Kelly posed for Frudakis as he sculpted

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1034-589: The approximate average annual absolute minimum temperature is -10°F. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,647 people, 2,113 households, and 1,210 families residing in the borough. The population density was 9,060.8 inhabitants per square mile (3,498.4/km ). There were 2,595 housing units at an average density of 5,059.8 per square mile (1,953.6/km ). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.79% White , 0.22% African American , 0.09% Native American , 0.22% Asian , 0.22% from other races , and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.29% of

1081-408: The average family size was 2.92. In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 26.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males. The median income for a household in the borough

1128-512: The boxer lived and trained. The sculpture was unveiled on September 27, 2018, attended by a large crowd including local and county officials, Braddock's family, fans and other notable boxers Gerry Cooney, Pat Murphy, Randy Neumann, and the legendary "Bayonne Bleeder," Chuck Wepner. Jimmy Braddock, grandson of James, said, "This statue is a reminder of the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity through determination." A portrait bust of National Hockey League All-Star Brian Phillip Propp

1175-520: The bronze trophy sculpture known as The Arnie , a philanthropy award for "golfers who give back." Frudakis’ larger-than-life sculptures include Baseball Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt , Steve Carlton , Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts , all on view at Citizens Bank Park , Philadelphia. A relief sculpture of Coach Staffieri is at University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field. A public monument at

1222-721: The character and vitality of his subjects while capturing an accurate likeness. Portrait statues included notable figures, such as businessman and philanthropist John D. MacArthur , installed in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida ; Honorable Dame Lois Browne-Evans , the first female Bermudian justice, installed in the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building, Hamilton, Bermuda ; landscape architect, journalist and public administrator Frederick Law Olmsted , installed at The North Carolina Arboretum , Asheville, North Carolina ; and lawyer Clarence Darrow on view at

1269-645: The country in 1989 by diplomatic pouch. The sculpture was installed just inside the embassy's fence, visible to the public but outside the South African government's reach, standing as a statement of the U.S.’s opposition to apartheid. Frudakis' statue of attorney Clarence Darrow reawakened tensions between local evolutionists and creationists when it was installed outside the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, in 2017. The courthouse

1316-614: The defining moment in the group's history, The Day of the Rope (June 21, 1877), during which ten victims of the Molly era lost their lives. All were represented by a single hooded figure on a scaffold the moment before hanging. The emotional impact of the sculpture provokes a reconsideration of history. A cast of this sculpture is in the collection of the State Museum of Pennsylvania , Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Frudakis’ first public monument

1363-563: The east reaches through several unincorporated villages then passes through Barnesville as Pine Creek Dr. and then serves Hometown as a main road, intersecting PA 309 (N-S) before passing into Tamaqua and Nesquehoning . The borough is situated in the valley of Mahanoy Creek , approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Shenandoah and 11 miles (18 km) west-northwest of Tamaqua , both of which are reached via Route 54. Mahanoy City lies at an elevation of 1,240 feet (380 m) above sea level; Broad Mountain (1,795 feet (547 m)),

1410-524: The eight-foot bronze portrait statue. The memorial of the world-renowned singer and human rights activist includes her ashes within a sculpted heart that is welded to the interior of the figure's chest. The Nina Simone sculpture was dedicated on February 16, 2017, which would have been Simone's 77th birthday. The memorial is in Nina Simone Plaza in her birthplace of Tryon, North Carolina . The larger-than-life Molly Maguires Memorial depicts

1457-482: The first African American to serve as a State Legislature's Speaker of the House; and Joseph E. Coleman , former City Council President, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Frudakis continued sculpting commissions with an emphasis on the figure and the portrait, as demonstrated in his many monumental works, individual portrait statues and busts, and bas-reliefs. He created sculptures of living and historic individuals that express

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1504-476: The first municipality in the country to have cable TV . Mahanoy City is located at 40°48′45″N 76°8′25″W  /  40.81250°N 76.14028°W  / 40.81250; -76.14028 (40.812413, -76.140223), with PA 54 as a main thoroughfare and through road, serving as a main street named Centre Street. To the west it connects to Shenandoah thence to the Susquehanna Valley and to

1551-614: The iconic pose. Thousands of television and online viewers saw these images; Payne's daughter Chelsea was photographed with her father's sculpture and the PGA Tour called it on Instagram, "The coolest statue photo you’ll see this week." Payne Stewart's tribute trophy case at Pinehurst Resort also showcases Frudakis' portrait bust of Payne Stewart along with historic photos and memorabilia. Sculptures of other prominent golfers include Arnold Palmer at Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in Augusta, and

1598-514: The lawn in balance to the Bryan sculpture, where it drew criticism from some residents who oppose to the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. Frudakis has been commissioned to create bronze portrait busts, statues, and monuments of significant figures from the sports world, including golf, baseball, hockey and boxing. A celebratory pose of golfer Payne Stewart , with a leg in the air and

1645-543: The mining and shipping of coal, although the demand for it has steadily declined since its peak in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1930 the St. Nicholas Coal Breaker was built and went into operation in 1932. A controlled explosion destroyed the breaker in March 2018. Fire clay abounds locally. The manufacturing of shirts, bedding and foundry products is also fairly prominent. In 1948, Mahanoy City became

1692-447: The monument portrays transformation through the sequential emergence of a figure in four stages of breaking free from a wall. Influenced by Rodin's Gates of Hell , Frudakis includes many smaller sculptures and personal elements within the monument's wall. The bronze's maquette, the sculptor's hand and sculpture tools are cast into the wall. The anatomical man as well as portraits, figures and reliefs are shown partially sculpted, revealing

1739-409: The population. There were 2,113 households, out of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.2% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% were non-families. 39.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and

1786-570: The process of creation. The back surface of the sculpture's wall (not visible in the current installation) includes additional elements that Frudakis calls the "Other Side of Freedom". It consists of mummified forms in a tomb-like structure that evolved as Frudakis was creating the monument. In a career spanning over four decades, Frudakis has produced monumental figures such as the United States Air Force Memorial Honor Guard Installed at

1833-537: The right page, Albert Einstein steps out dimensionally as did his ideas about space and time, and he is surrounded by more contemporary figures, concepts and quotations. The viewer is led through a process of exploration and is left to weigh countering viewpoints and discover their personal resonance. Installed in 2014, the sculpture is located at the entrance to James Hall at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. The United States Air Force Memorial Honor Guard ,

1880-532: The statues. The memorial is located near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The design of the sculpture was initially more sketch-like but as it progressed became more detailed with precise measurements for positioning of clothing, ties, medals, buttons, shoes, straps, belts, accessories, flags and rifles, following the strict guidelines of the Honor Guard . (This approach

1927-428: The understanding of the world and its sciences. Relief faces and quotes from 31 iconic figures in science, history, mathematics and the arts portray contrasting theories, philosophies and politics, as well as struggles shared across generations. On the left page, a large relief portrait of Charles Darwin is encircled by early thinkers, artists, activists, politicians and scientists along with their famous ideas or works. On

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1974-553: Was $ 24,347, and the median income for a family was $ 32,033. Males had a median income of $ 29,628 versus $ 20,288 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $ 14,369. About 12.6% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 22.3% of those under age 18 and 20.9% of those age 65 or over. Mahanoy Area School District serves the borough and includes an elementary, middle school, and high school complex for students. Zenos Frudakis Zenos Frudakis (born July 7, 1951), known as Frudakis ,

2021-506: Was in complete contrast to another sculpture Frudakis was working on concurrently known as Freedom .) The Air Force Memorial's dedication ceremony in 2006 was attended by approximately 30,000 people, and it began the service's 60th Anniversary Commemoration, "From Heritage to Horizons—Commemorating 60 Years of Air and Space Power." Freedom is the most widely recognized public sculpture by Frudakis. Installed in downtown Philadelphia, at 20 ft. long by 8 ft. high and 7,000 lbs.,

2068-518: Was preparing to bake bread. Growing up in Greek family culture, Frudakis began drawing and reading at a young age, initiating a lifelong discipline of studying and creating art each day. Artistic inspirations come from ancient Greeks, and sculptors Michelangelo , Bernini , Carpeaux and Rodin . Throughout his life, Frudakis has been an avid reader with a wide range of interests that inform his work. Frudakis' initial years in college were close to home in

2115-814: Was served by branches of the Lehigh Valley and the Philadelphia & Reading railways. Mahanoy City lies in a valley in the Pennsylvania Coal Region and was a major center of anthracite production; the area was embroiled in the Molly Maguires incidents. In 2010, the borough erected the Molly Maguire Historic Park, which features a Zenos Frudakis statue of a hooded miner on a gallows about to be hanged. The borough's principal industries remain

2162-500: Was the site of the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial," in which John T. Scopes was accused of unlawful teaching of human evolution in a state-funded school. Darrow represented Scopes, while William Jennings Bryan argued for the prosecution. Since 2005, a sculpture of Bryan has been on display on the courthouse lawn. The Darrow sculpture was commissioned by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and installed on

2209-599: Was unveiled at a ceremony on April 22, 2016 at the Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina. The Olmsted sculpture is sited on a large natural stone in the Arboretum's Blue Ridge Court with a view of the Pisgah National Forest behind it. Frudakis said, "It was important for me to create a sculpture that embodied the idea of Frederick Law Olmsted as a visionary of monumental proportions. In his hands he holds

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