National Monuments Foundation

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

History and activities

The foundation was conceived in 1999 and established in 2003 to commemorate the turn of the millennium. It has erected a number of monuments in the United States, including the World Athletes Monument, the Millennium Gate, and the Newington-Cropsey Foundation's Gallery of Art. The foundation received the 2006 Palladio Award for best new public space in the United States for the Peace and Justice Gate and Plaza. Notable current and former members of the advisory board include Richard H. Driehaus, Susan Eisenhower, and Tom Wolfe. The foundation has been involved in an effort to re-establish Mims Park, an original Olmsted Brothers designed park in the English Avenue and Vine City neighborhood in downtown Atlanta.