Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares

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The bronze sculpture "Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares," was created by Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich, and presented to the United Nations on 4 December 1959 by the Government of the USSR. The sculpture, depicting the figure of a man holding a hammer aloft in one hand and a sword in the other, which he is making into a ploughshare, is meant to symbolize man's desire to put an end to war, and to convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of mankind. It is located in the North Garden of the United Nations Headquarters. 1/Oct/2001. UN Photo/Andrea Brizzi. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/

They Shall Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares. And Their Spears Into Pruning Hooks: Nation Shall Not Lift Up Sword Against Nation. Neither Shall They Learn War Any More

Isaiah Wall

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Brizzi, Andrea. Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares. 1 Oct. 2001, UN Photo, dam.media.un.org/photo/en/asset/oun7/oun7743794. 
  2. The Holy Bible: King James Version. 1611.
    • And hee shall iudge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beate their swords into plow-shares, and their speares into pruning hookes: nation shall not lift vp sword against nation, neither shall they learne warre any more (Isaiah 2:4).
  3. Vuchetich, Yevgeny. Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares. 1957, United Nations Headquarters, New York.
  4. 1960 United Nations Souvenir Folder. 1960.