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Art – Lantern of Liberty – Harriet Tubman Wall Mural Photograph

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

No wall mural is a permanent piece of art. The average life of a wall mural is 20 to 25 years. Harriet Tubman’s Lantern of Liberty lasted 23 months. Note: A plublisher of children’s books found the Tubman wall mural photograph while doing a search on the Internet. The photograph is now on the cover…

February 10, 2011 1 min read Free to read

Art - Lantern of Liberty - Harriet Tubman Wall Mural Photograph

No wall mural is a permanent piece of art. The average life of a wall mural is 20 to 25 years. Harriet Tubman’s Lantern of Liberty lasted 23 months.

Note: A plublisher of children’s books found the Tubman wall mural photograph while doing a search on the Internet. The photograph is now on the cover of Read About Harriet Tubman (I Like Biographies!) by Stephen Feinstein from Enslow Elementary, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc.

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