Legacy mural in Philadelphia Feb 25, 2022

Legacy mural in Philadelphia

As Black History Month winds down, we"ve come to the City of Brotherly Love—Philadelphia—to admire this stunning mural, "Legacy," painted by Josh Sarantitis and Eric Okdeh. Measuring nearly 10,000 square feet, the mural in Philadelphia"s Central City District explores the work of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass to end slavery. Students and staff at five public schools, together with dozens of other individuals, collaborated to produce the artwork, hand-laying over 1 million small glass titles on the mural’s right side. The main figure is a girl holding a medallion surrounded by blue flames. The girl"s middle-aged self rises out of these flames, a symbol of defiance and freedom.

© Vespasian/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Feb 25, 2018Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Feb 25, 2019High above the reef
Feb 25, 2020Jazzed for Mardi Gras
Feb 25, 2021Trevi in bloom
Feb 25, 2023Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
Feb 25, 2024Black History Month
Feb 25, 2025Anniversary of Bryce Canyon National Park
Feb 25, 2026Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 22, 2024Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California
Jul 5, 2024Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
Oct 18, 2018Fall comes to the Last Frontier
Jul 10, 2020Italy s submerged village
Sep 15, 2024National Hispanic Heritage Month
Jan 21, 2018Red squirrel in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
Jun 23, 2025The Elbe in Dresden, Germany
Jul 6, 2020Welcome to the Ring of Fire
Apr 7, 2019Busy building wetlands
Jul 23, 2024Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
Jan 13, 2022Tasiilaq, Greenland
Nov 28, 2023Giving Tuesday
Jan 18, 2023White Sands National Park turns 90
Oct 31, 2021Happy Halloween!
Sep 24, 2020Till the cows come home
Oct 15, 2022International Archaeology Day
Jul 25, 2021Illuminated Uluru
Aug 8, 2021Bridge to infinity
Oct 23, 2022Mute swan
Mar 23, 2020A peak in the clouds
Nov 10, 202547 years of Badlands National Park
May 25, 2022The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
Nov 24, 2019Autumn in the cypress swamp
Oct 11, 2020A monastery in the mountain
Apr 20, 2024National Park Week begins
Oct 27, 2018Don’t get lost in there
Mar 11, 2018Daylight saving time begins
Oct 8, 2021An uncommonly cool critter
Oct 13, 2022Alaska moose
Apr 13, 2020Floating temples in the Land of Smiles