Daily Dearborn Photo: Dec. 12
How well do you know Dearborn? Take a guess where this photo came from!
It takes a lot for a person to have their likeness preserved in stone, metal or other mediums. Statues commemorate people who changed the community, made a difference and helped others.
In Dearborn, there are plenty of these difference-makers made immortal by their statues. Do you know where this week's photos of statues were taken?
In case you're new to this feature, here's how it works: We share a photo with you from somewhere in the city, and you tell us where the picture was taken. The following day, we tell you the correct answer.
Today, tell us: Where in Dearborn would you find this statue, and what does it stand for?
Dec. 9 Answer: The answer to Friday's photo trivia is the former Snow Branch Library, where a bush was planted in memory of a longtime librarian.
Robert Seeley
6:52 am on Monday, December 12, 2011
This is the Police Memorial outside of the Dearborn Police Headquarters, in the courtyard near the 19th District Court.
This stands for the four Dearborn Police Officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.
Youssef
4:47 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
You are a father, a son, a mother, a daughter, a lover.
You speak law, common sense, truth.
You posses strength, intelligence, bravery, sincerity, interity.
You see violence, abandonment, neglect, injustice, blood, death.
You hear thanklessness, obscenity, thoughtlessness, hatred.
You feel disrespected, unheard, underpaid, unimportant, useless.
You get yelled at, spat at, hit upon, stabbed, shot and killed.
To most of them you're "pigs", "fuzz", "po po's", "5_0"
You are Law Enforcement.
You are my best-friend, my colleague, my brother, my sister.
My respect, my concerns, my heart, my soul,
my thoughts, my worries, my prayers are with you.
When you see, hear, feel and experience the blunt
realities of your world, know I care.
You may have faults, but there are people like me
who will always honor you.
I will be there for you, when you need me.
Just as you are there when I need you...
Thank You . . .
(This was a poem i found a while back online... Befitting such a beautiful memorial)
Jessica Carreras
11:07 pm on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thanks for sharing, Youssef! We'll have a great story about some recent work of the police department on the site soon - watch for it!