{"id":53644,"date":"2020-11-12T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T22:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=53644"},"modified":"2020-11-12T14:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T22:46:45","slug":"boston-resident-wants-sculpture-honoring-leonard-nimoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2020\/11\/boston-resident-wants-sculpture-honoring-leonard-nimoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Resident Wants Sculpture Honoring Leonard Nimoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Seventy-seven-year-old Tom Stocker<\/strong> has begun a campaign to have a sculpture commissioned and erected for native son Leonard Nimoy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The campaign has the approval of the Nimoy family, as well as from William Shatner<\/strong>, who said, that it would be a fitting tribute to the actor.<\/p>\n

“The more attention that can be paid to that wonderful man, the better,\u201d said Shatner. “He was like a brother to me. He\u2019s a wonderful citizen of America, but in particular of Boston.”<\/p>\n

The sculpture would feature Spock’s “iconic” split-fingered salute, which Nimoy based on a rabbinical blessing that he saw in synagogue.<\/p>\n

If commissioned, the sculpture would be created by David Philips<\/strong>, who had a sculpture known as Scrolls<\/em> in the New England Conservatory<\/em> earlier this spring. it would stand on a piece of property in Boston’s West End Place<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“As a special tribute,” said Julie Nimoy<\/strong> via Twitter<\/em>, “a twenty-five foot stainless steel LLAP memorial has been proposed in Boston. It will honor @TheRealNimoy<\/em> and will be a symbol for peace and tolerance worldwide. Dad would be so happy that his positive message could resonate with people for [years] to come.”<\/p>\n

More news on the project can be seen on Nimoy’s Twitter<\/em> feed, as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

Click on photo at top left to see sketch of sculpture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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