An obelisk is a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark. The obelisk symbolizes immortality. Christine Novicky ...

Aug. 10—The idea of a new home for the Plaza obelisk had seemed too polarizing to explore when it was posed by some of Santa Fe City Councilor Carol Romero-Wirth's constituents more than a year ...

His wife, City Councilor Carol Romero-Wirth, is a sponsor of the resolution to explore moving the Soldiers' Monument to the national cemetery. Councilor Alma Castro also supports its relocation.

A giant tree is shown Monday, May 6, 2024, after it fell in the Confederate Cemetery on Rozier Street and narrowly missed hitting the 57-foot-tall obelisk that marks the mass grave of 1,354 ...

The Soldiers' Monument on the Plaza is shown on Indigenous Peoples Day in 2020 after protesters pulled down the top of the obelisk. While the monument was erected largely in honor of Civil War ...

Santiago Twinhorse plays guitar last year in front of the boxed obelisk base. As the City Council moves ahead with a vote on a resolution to study moving the monument to Santa Fe National Cemetery ...

Made from Stone Mountain granite, this obelisk anchoring the Confederate section of Oakland Cemetery is the tallest object in Oakland Cemetery. It was erected in 1873 by the the Atlanta Ladies ...

The obelisk has people stirred up in this tourist town, which prides itself on being progressive. During the public comment period at a recent City Council meeting, Eurekans decried the monument ...

There's a place there to place it among the graves of the Union soldiers, which the Soldiers Monument was intended to honor," Romero-Wirth said. "They [The National Cemetery] has to be formally asked.