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Memorials and Monuments
An Exclusive Open Challenge using the Basic Editing rules.

Description
This one's pretty straight-forward... Photograph a monument! As always, be creative and enjoy yourself.

Submission Dates:
  Sep 29 2010 - Oct 5 2010

Voting Dates:
  Oct 6 2010 - Oct 12 2010

Submissions: 84
Disqualifications: 2
Votes: 14,737
Comments: 488

Average Score: 5.09405
Highest Score: 7.2581
Median Score: 5.13355
Lowest Score: 2.9775


Results for Memorials and Monuments:
Challenge Results for Memorials and Monuments
Gateway to the West
by Anthony_D_Archer

1st place with an
average vote of 7.2581

Views: 5148 (433 during voting)
Votes: 186
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.541
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.436
just breathe
by bspurgeon

2nd place with an
average vote of 6.6075

Views: 4365 (312 during voting)
Votes: 186
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.180
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.721
. . . 147 years ago, and still revered.
by glad2badad

3rd place with an
average vote of 6.5792

Views: 3796 (311 during voting)
Votes: 183
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.359
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.639
In Memory of Private John Barry Shaw (among many others at the WWI veterans memorial site)
by Dudski

4th place with an
average vote of 6.5440

Views: 2486 (321 during voting)
Votes: 182
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.317
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.610
The Conqueror
by Chandi

5th place with an
average vote of 6.2778

Views: 2122 (317 during voting)
Votes: 180
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.872
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.390
To Honor the Fallen
by bcrants

6th place with an
average vote of 6.2000

Views: 1575 (296 during voting)
Votes: 185
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.750
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.324
Cross of Religious Toleration (est. 1934)
by dahkota

7th place with an
average vote of 6.1765

Views: 2127 (342 during voting)
Votes: 187
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.784
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.273
Groovin' - The Eddie Kendricks Memorial
by dswann

8th place with an
average vote of 6.1292

Views: 5569 (294 during voting)
Votes: 178
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.842
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.207
Preserving Freedom & Rescuing The Oppressed
by gotlucky

9th place with an
average vote of 6.1209

Views: 1625 (310 during voting)
Votes: 182
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.775
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.218
Owachomo Bridge, Natural Bridges Nat'l Monument
by rjkstesch

10th place with an
average vote of 5.8846

Views: 1514 (306 during voting)
Votes: 182
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.368
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.021
Monumental pillar of contention
by Trompie

11th place with an
average vote of 5.8722

Views: 1586 (288 during voting)
Votes: 180
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.513
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.972
Napoli-Fontana del Gigante
by Rino63

12th place with an
average vote of 5.8409

Views: 2619 (334 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.222
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.000
small town "BIG HEROES"
by jayzundel

13th place with an
average vote of 5.8287

Views: 1369 (284 during voting)
Votes: 181
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.730
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.854
Portal of the Folded Wings - Shrine to Aviation
by dtallakson

14th place with an
average vote of 5.8033

Views: 1680 (290 during voting)
Votes: 183
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.375
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.923
Wellington Monument, Aldershot
by acg83

15th place with an
average vote of 5.7912

Views: 2117 (299 during voting)
Votes: 182
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.436
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.888
WWII Memorial in Europe. One eagle defeating an other eagle
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

16th place with an
average vote of 5.7829

Views: 1674 (295 during voting)
Votes: 175
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.405
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.884
Temperance
by angkokweng

17th place with an
average vote of 5.7627

Views: 1002 (288 during voting)
Votes: 177
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.325
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.891
Lest We Forget : ANZAC Shrine
by hotpasta

18th place with an
average vote of 5.7127

Views: 1235 (320 during voting)
Votes: 181
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.256
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.838
Merlion - Symbol of Singapore
by keeyew

19th place with an
average vote of 5.6557

Views: 2585 (330 during voting)
Votes: 183
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.205
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.778
Kaw Point Stones Reprise
by dahlin

20th place with an
average vote of 5.6404

Views: 947 (287 during voting)
Votes: 178
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.550
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.667
Tribute to a soldier. ( Wish you were here )
by Runzamukk

21st place with an
average vote of 5.6364

Views: 1018 (301 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.314
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.716
Iwo Jima flag Raising Parris Island SC Memorial
by JarHead

22nd place with an
average vote of 5.6111

Views: 5383 (304 during voting)
Votes: 180
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.135
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.734
Side view of Mt. Rushmore
by jimsapp

23rd place with an
average vote of 5.5956

Views: 908 (301 during voting)
Votes: 183
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.211
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.697
The inventor of the printing press
by hajeka

24th place with an
average vote of 5.5618

Views: 1159 (287 during voting)
Votes: 178
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.150
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.681
Travelers
by Hipychik

25th place with an
average vote of 5.5525

Views: 759 (295 during voting)
Votes: 181
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.122
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.679
A Briefcase of Gratitude
by giantmike

26th place with an
average vote of 5.4719

Views: 788 (307 during voting)
Votes: 178
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.237
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.536
The Duke
by lucky_85

27th place with an
average vote of 5.4693

Views: 660 (289 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.200
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.547
Latin America Memorial
by Lelez

28th place with an
average vote of 5.4560

Views: 1183 (299 during voting)
Votes: 182
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.175
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.535
Lost At Sea
by HCvE

29th place with an
average vote of 5.4500

Views: 804 (304 during voting)
Votes: 180
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.103
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.546
King Kamehameha Memorial Statue
by Cuttooth

30th place with an
average vote of 5.4368

Views: 827 (271 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.216
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.496
Emo's Grave
by dioscuriII

31st place with an
average vote of 5.4148

Views: 2061 (291 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.410
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.416
Stevie Ray Vaughan
by love

32nd place with an
average vote of 5.3575

Views: 652 (300 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.250
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.389
what can YOU do for your country?
by fitz3000

33rd place with an
average vote of 5.3000

Views: 724 (289 during voting)
Votes: 180
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.150
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.343
Final Rest
by vawendy

34th place with an
average vote of 5.2570

Views: 726 (284 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.850
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.374
WWI 1914-1918
by Harlequin

35th place with an
average vote of 5.2500

Views: 590 (284 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.158
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.275
Tennessee WWII Memorial
by dhumann1

36th place with an
average vote of 5.2346

Views: 571 (282 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.026
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.293
Brock's Monument
by cup4tml

37th place with an
average vote of 5.2179

Views: 709 (278 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.902
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.312
never forgotten
by ashepp

38th place with an
average vote of 5.1932

Views: 693 (286 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.923
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.270
Dr Evan Pierce Memorial Garden,Denbigh.
by Tiny

39th place with an
average vote of 5.1829

Views: 1925 (284 during voting)
Votes: 175
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.947
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.248
Soildier's Cross
by stfleck

40th place with an
average vote of 5.1648

Views: 834 (289 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.892
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.237
Monuments in Piazza della Signora
by jencruz

41st place with an
average vote of 5.1638

Views: 666 (298 during voting)
Votes: 177
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.725
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.292
Looking at one monument from under another
by frggygrl

42nd place with an
average vote of 5.1547

Views: 609 (290 during voting)
Votes: 181
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.615
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.303
Sunset of Her Life
by kleski

43rd place with an
average vote of 5.1124

Views: 619 (274 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.750
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.211
The Invisible Man
by DJWoodward

44th place with an
average vote of 5.1117

Views: 581 (295 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.925
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.166
Eiffel Tower
by thierr26

45th place with an
average vote of 5.0734

Views: 700 (307 during voting)
Votes: 177
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.539
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.225
Ghost Bike at Double Eagle
by rajron

46th place with an
average vote of 5.0722

Views: 594 (314 during voting)
Votes: 180
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.525
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.229
The Guardian
by Tommy_Mac

47th place with an
average vote of 5.0508

Views: 680 (289 during voting)
Votes: 177
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.872
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.101
Monuments Past and Present
by DavidSharp

48th place with an
average vote of 4.9773

Views: 794 (288 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.902
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.000
Sacred
by dorseteye

49th place with an
average vote of 4.9716

Views: 535 (290 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.711
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.044
Ella
by pentacle_400

50th place with an
average vote of 4.9609

Views: 836 (288 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 5.026
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.943
And you are.....?
by LonnieD

51st place with an
average vote of 4.9497

Views: 819 (275 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.897
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.964
Atatürk Memorial,South Coast, wellington, New Zealand
by shambles

52nd place with an
average vote of 4.9375

Views: 1380 (278 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.550
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 5.052
Honoring Paramedics
by gwilton111

53rd place with an
average vote of 4.8960

Views: 707 (286 during voting)
Votes: 173
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.667
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.956
Norfolk Monument, Dedicated to Mathew Flinders, 1799 - 1999
by BrianR

54th place with an
average vote of 4.8023

Views: 694 (286 during voting)
Votes: 177
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.610
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.860
Palace
by kprasad9375

55th place with an
average vote of 4.7809

Views: 581 (286 during voting)
Votes: 178
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.154
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.957
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
by fitz04469

56th place with an
average vote of 4.7701

Views: 530 (286 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.421
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.868
Fall in Angel
by skewsme

57th place with an
average vote of 4.7528

Views: 595 (300 during voting)
Votes: 178
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.667
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.779
Chiado - where the dead poets still live
by tellme

58th place with an
average vote of 4.7500

Views: 628 (289 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.324
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.867
Fleet Air Arm Memorial (British Royal Navy)
by ineedauniquename

59th place with an
average vote of 4.6872

Views: 745 (286 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.359
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.779
Mother
by sjmflash

60th place with an
average vote of 4.6802

Views: 657 (270 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.735
Steinberner's Tomb
by stormi

61st place with an
average vote of 4.6534

Views: 642 (277 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.316
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.746
144 Loved Ones Lost in the 1976 Canyon Flood
by hahn23

62nd place with an
average vote of 4.6353

Views: 745 (280 during voting)
Votes: 170
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.389
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.702
Samir KASSIR, Born 1960 Assassinated 2005
by HighNooner

63rd place with an
average vote of 4.5988

Views: 627 (303 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.949
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.790
We Will Remeber Them
by taff209

64th place with an
average vote of 4.5795

Views: 510 (288 during voting)
Votes: 176
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.325
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.654
Pirate Grave
by Dazzermas

65th place with an
average vote of 4.5756

Views: 593 (279 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.189
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.682
Petrarch's grave guardian
by lucx

66th place with an
average vote of 4.5207

Views: 1753 (291 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.378
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.561
Grave
by blueyes95

67th place with an
average vote of 4.5148

Views: 791 (272 during voting)
Votes: 169
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.333
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.564
Not famous, but a memorial nonetheless.
by Jamster4560

68th place with an
average vote of 4.5141

Views: 548 (299 during voting)
Votes: 177
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.194
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.596
A Unique Way To Be Remembered By
by madison_elaine

69th place with an
average vote of 4.4945

Views: 678 (295 during voting)
Votes: 182
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.195
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.582
dedicated to the fallen
by kiwinick

70th place with an
average vote of 4.3895

Views: 710 (273 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.343
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.402
Breathing
by Krozar

71st place with an
average vote of 4.1897

Views: 611 (287 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.795
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.304
River of No Return
by Len Scap

72nd place with an
average vote of 4.1279

Views: 688 (290 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.784
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.222
A Light in the Dark
by ohaught

73rd place with an
average vote of 4.0984

Views: 832 (307 during voting)
Votes: 183
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.872
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.160
Im Memory
by naylovesjay

74th place with an
average vote of 4.0632

Views: 716 (275 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 4.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.079
ave atque vale
by ubique

75th place with an
average vote of 3.8391

Views: 532 (321 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.231
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 4.015
Eternal Tropic Rest
by krene-rchs

76th place with an
average vote of 3.8382

Views: 739 (276 during voting)
Votes: 173
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.744
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.866
Father-n-Son
by rollie14

77th place with an
average vote of 3.7616

Views: 715 (299 during voting)
Votes: 172
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.541
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.822
Gone but not Forgotten
by BCeirraB

78th place with an
average vote of 3.7430

Views: 656 (282 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.385
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.843
Angel Lost In A Sea Of Memories
by NattieJ

79th place with an
average vote of 3.6743

Views: 603 (277 during voting)
Votes: 175
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.297
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.775
We are still here
by chelseabear101

80th place with an
average vote of 3.6629

Views: 919 (287 during voting)
Votes: 175
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.368
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.745
1 Pillar Field
by Kaine321

81st place with an
average vote of 3.2644

Views: 748 (283 during voting)
Votes: 174
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 3.175
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.291
It's Simply Complicated, My Dear
by chilloutemily

82nd place with an
average vote of 3.2486

Views: 871 (302 during voting)
Votes: 177
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 2.805
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.382
the missing rainbow
by haven

83rd place with an
average vote of 2.9775

Views: 760 (309 during voting)
Votes: 178
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 2.436
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 3.130
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A Place of Honor. A Place of Valor. A Place of Remembrance
by navegante76

Originally 19th place with an
average vote of 5.6648

Views: 476 (303 during voting)
Votes: 179
Your Vote: N/A
Your Comment: N/A

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