Octavius, who was Mark Antony's chief rival in Rome and defeated the two lovers at the battle of Actium, became the emperor Augustus and made a point of destroying monuments to Cleopatra's greatness and of blackening her reputation after her death, an example that Roman authors meekly followed.
Today, April 15, we celebrate women's rights advocate and Points of Light national monument honoree Susan B. Anthony.
On Tuesday, April 14, we honored National Mental Health Association founder and Points of Light national monument honoree Clifford Beers.
On Friday, April 17, we will celebrate United Farm Workers of America founder and Points of Light national monument honoree Cesar Chavez.
On Monday, April 13, we celebrated Girl Scouts founder and Points of Light national monument (formerly known as the Extra Mile Pathway) honoree Juliette Gordon Low.
There is one main dome at the center, the top of which is the highest point of the monument, 35 m above ground level.
Specifically, there are two guidance modes: stop only mode, in which information is given only about the stops on the route, or tour mode, which gives information about all relevant points of the trip (stops, monuments, leisure centres, etc).
And don't forget: cities with bikeshare programs are tourist meccas -- not only are people listening to Pandora, checking Siri, being guided by GPS and having intimate eye-contact conversations with their passengers, they're also sightseeing, hungrily devouring monuments, points of interest, skyscrapers, museums, and statues.
Other notable points of interest include Fort Sumter National Monument off Charleston, S.C. Fort Pulaskii National Monument on Tybee Island near Savannah, Ga.; and Fort Frederica National Monument (authorized 1936) on St. Simons Island near Brunswick, Ga.
Although the central square mile of the City of Adelaide is designed to the points of the compass, the monument sits at a 45 degree angle to North Terrace.
