On this day in 1931: The world’s only actual-size replica of the Parthenon, constructed in Nashville in 1896 to celebrate the Tennessee centennial, reopens after extensive renovation and additions. Newly depicted on a pediment is eight-year-old Randall Jarrell, who posed for the sculpture of Gunymede, cupbearer to the gods. Reads the inscription, signed by the […]
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Say, isn’t that Randall Jarrell on that pediment?
Posted in On This Day, tagged chapel hill, nashville parthenon, randall jarrell, woman's college on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »