The National Monuments Foundation is a non-profit organization that builds monuments, including the World Athletes Monument and the

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History and management

The foundation was conceived in 1999 and established in 2003 to commemorate the turn of the millennium.
, - thenmf.org The Board of Directors and Senior Management of the National Monuments Foundation includes Rodney Mims Cook, Jr. (president), Cullen Hammond, Rawson Haverty, Jr., Pamela Rollins, Robert Tolleson, Arol Wolford, Sally Singletary, Lou Glenn, Colin Amery, Tommy Bagwell, Richard H. Driehaus,

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, Tom Glenn, Remar Sutton, Priscilla Roosevelt, Lovette Russell, John Addison, Carolyn Lee Wills, and

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Monuments erected

The National Monuments Foundation has erected a number of monuments in the United States. Among these are the World Athletes Monument (also known as The Prince of Wales Monument), the

, the Peace and Justice Gates, the Buckhead Midtown Gates, the

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's Gallery of Art, the Princess Royal Millennium Monument, and the John F. Kennedy, Jr Memorial.

Currently

The National Monuments Foundation is consulting with the Adams

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and Memorial Foundation for a memorial to commemorate the second and sixth presidents of the United States and their wives, and the National Civic Art Society for a memorial to President

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, both in

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The National Monuments Foundation is also involved in an effort to re-establish Mims Park, an original

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designed park in the

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neighborhood in downtown Atlanta.

Rodney Mims Cook Jr.

Rodney Mims Cook Jr. is a developer and designer, and founder and president of the foundation.

Early life and education

Cook's father,

Rodney Mims Cook Sr. Rodney Mims Cook (March 23, 1924 – January 13, 2013) was a Georgia public figure who served for over twenty years as an Atlanta city alderman and member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Cook was one of the first Republican officials el ...

, was a member of the

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. His mother, Bettijo, moved and then restored the antebellum historic plantation

Tullie Smith House Smith Farm is a small plantation or farm house, built by Robert and Elizabeth Smith. It is Atlanta's oldest surviving farm house. It is a typical kind of plantation house owned by small farmers. The house was located in Dekalb County, Georgia ...

to the grounds of the

Atlanta History Center Atlanta History Center is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded in 1926 and currently consists of nine permanent, and several temporary, exhibitions. Atlanta History Cen ...

. A graduate of

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, Cook received a BA degree from

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexingto ...

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Career

In May 2008, Cook opened the Millennium Gate Museum, the largest classical monument erected in the U.S. since the

Jefferson Memorial The Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial built in Washington, D.C. between 1939 and 1943 in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, a central intellectual force behind the Am ...

Recognition

Cook's organization, the National Monuments Foundation, received the 2006

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for best new public space in the United States for the Peace and Justice Gate and Plaza.

References

External links

National Monuments Foundation Official website

The Millennium Gate and Museum official website
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