Young Teacher - Tuscambia, AL
Posted by: Max and 99
N 34° 44.257 W 087° 42.194
16S E 435624 N 3844171
A sculpture of a blind girl reading a book, located in front of the Charles and Catherine Poellnitz Building at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
Waymark Code: WMY028
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2018
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Young Teacher is a beautiful bronze sculpture of a young woman reading a book in braille with her right hand, and making the sign for "future" with her left hand. The book rests on her right leg, which is up and crossed over the left knee. She is perched atop a column that is about 4 1/2' high.
The back side of the sculpture has a plaque that reads:
Young Teacher
W. Binnings, Sculptor
Dedicated in loving memory of Melissa Renee' Biggs
by Shelva and William Biggs, Sr.
May 10, 2002
On the column to the girl's left is etched the following:
"...In your hands rests our future..."
Harry S. Truman
Link for more information on the sculpture's dedication:
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