Item
Patience and Fortitude
Title (Dublin Core)
Patience and Fortitude
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
The New York Public Library’s website explains, “During the 1930s, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named [the library lions] Patience and Fortitude for the qualities New Yorkers would need to survive the economic depression.” I remembered this fact and connected immediately with it the first time I saw Patience and Fortitude wearing their masks in solidarity with the New Yorkers they have watched over for more than a century. It struck me that we would need those virtues to make it through COVID-19 as well. “Those lion statues have seen New York struggle through and overcome many hardships from the 1917 Flu to the Great Depression to September 11th,” I thought. Things were grim in New York in 2020. We were the first to experience the horror that would eventually engulf the whole country. The infection rate was high, hospitals were full, people were dying. It was easy to despair. The masked lions were a powerful symbol of the resolve and resilience of New Yorkers and a reminder that this turmoil, too, would pass into history and the city - like the lions - would remain standing.
Date (Dublin Core)
July 27, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Susan Smith-Peter
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Gabriella Leone
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST718
Partner (Dublin Core)
College of Staten Island
Type (Dublin Core)
Image
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Social Distance
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Museums & Libraries
English
Economy
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
New York
New York Public Library
Great Depression
Spanish Flu
1917
history
epidemic
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
csi public history coronavirus chronicle
HST 718
lockdown staten island
New York City
New York Public Library
patience and fortitude
lions
mask
public monument
#nytough
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/13/2023
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
04/02/2023
04/04/2023
Date Created (Dublin Core)
07/27/2020
This item was submitted on March 13, 2023 by Gabriella Leone using the form “Share Your Lockdown Staten Island Story” on the site “Lockdown Staten Island”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/lockdown-staten-island
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