Kindred Spirits (sculpture)
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kindred-spirits-sculpture-173-2780008
title:
Kindred Spirits (sculpture)
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Kindred Spirits is a large stainless steel outdoor sculpture in Bailick Park in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. Created by artist Alex Pentek, Kindred Spirits commemorates the 1847 donation by the Native American Choctaw people to Irish famine relief during the Great Hunger, despite the Choctaw themselves living in hardship and poverty and having recently endured the Trail of Tears. While records of the exact amount of the donation vary, the figure usually given is US$170. In the U.S. coinage of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Outdoor sculpture in County Cork, Ireland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindred_Spirits_(sculpture)
date created:
2016-03-23T19:25:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T00:25:20Z
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