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| Type | Non-Profit Foundation |
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| Purpose | Humanitarian |
Founder | Rodney Mims Cook, Jr. |
The National Monuments Foundation is a non-profit organization that builds monuments, including the World Athletes Monument and the Millennium Gate. [1]
The foundation was conceived in 1999 and established in 2003 to commemorate the turn of the millennium. [2] The Board of Directors and Senior Management of the National Monuments Foundation includes Rodney Mims Cook, Jr. (president), Cullen Hammond, Rawson Haverty, Jr., Pamela Rollins, Robert Tolleson, Arol Wolford, Sally Singletary, Lou Glenn, Colin Amery, Tommy Bagwell, Richard H. Driehaus, Susan Eisenhower, Tom Glenn, Remar Sutton, Priscilla Roosevelt, Lovette Russell, John Addison, Carolyn Lee Wills, and Tom Wolfe. [3]
The National Monuments Foundation has erected a number of monuments in the United States. Among these are the World Athletes Monument (also known as The Prince of Wales Monument), the Millennium Gate, the Peace and Justice Gates, the Buckhead Midtown Gates, the Newington-Cropsey Foundation's Gallery of Art, the Princess Royal Millennium Monument, and the John F. Kennedy, Jr Memorial.
The National Monuments Foundation is consulting with the Adams Presidential Library and Memorial Foundation for a memorial to commemorate the second and sixth presidents of the United States and their wives, and the National Civic Art Society for a memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, both in Washington, D.C. [ citation needed ] The National Monuments Foundation is also involved in an effort to re-establish Mims Park, an original Olmsted Brothers designed park in the English Avenue and Vine City neighborhood in downtown Atlanta. [4]
Rodney Mims Cook Jr. | |
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| Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Washington and Lee University (BA) |
| Parent | Rodney Mims Cook Sr. |
| Website | Rodney Mims Cook Jr. |
Rodney Mims Cook Jr. is a developer and designer, and founder and president of the foundation.
Cook's father, Rodney Mims Cook Sr., was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. His mother, Bettijo, moved and then restored the antebellum historic plantation Tullie Smith House to the grounds of the Atlanta History Center.[ citation needed ] A graduate of The Lovett School, Cook received a BA degree from Washington and Lee University. [5]
In May 2008, Cook opened the Millennium Gate Museum, the largest classical monument erected in the U.S. since the Jefferson Memorial. [6]
Cook's organization, the National Monuments Foundation, received the 2006 Palladio Award for best new public space in the United States for the Peace and Justice Gate and Plaza. [7]
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration, and 55th Mayor of Atlanta. Since leaving office, Young has founded or served in many organizations working on issues of public policy and political lobbying.
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Rodney Cook Sr. Park, is a 16-acre (6.5 ha) park in the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, adjacent to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It is named after the politician Rodney Mims Cook Sr. The park officially opened on 29 June 2021.
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