The Symbols in Community Bridge
These are a
few more of the objects suggested during the Bridge Builders
Outreach that are included in Community Bridge, and the
people who suggested the ideas are named. Many symbols combine
the ideas of several people, interpreted broadly. For ideas
that are not readily obvious, a short explanation is found in
parenthesis. The ideas are organized alphabetically within the
wall on which they can be found.
The Unfound Door wall
- Begging bowl (Buddhist sharing) - Andrea Burchette
- Bicycle - Terry Brackenberry, Doug Lewis, Craig Somers, several
anonymous
- Knot (This knot design is found in the traditional art of many
cultures, including German, Celtic, African, Native American and
Russian) - Fran Baker, Melissa Hurst
- Chain links - Christine Bowersox, Andrew Dewese, Michelle Eaton,
Myles Hokama, Stephen Lomax, Mary Schumeyer, Adam Somers, Mike
Stair, Dan Stevens
- Circle - Shantel Bowie, Nikki Brudner, Daybreak resident, Chris
King, Louise Lynch, Mike, Ryan McCook, John Meyers, Josh Orchard,
Mike R., Elizabeth Salaverri, R. Sieg, Adam Somers, Shontaye Weedon,
Kelly Zottl
- Cup or coffee cup - Sonia Bisaccia, Regina Flanigan
- Combination:
- Bee hive - Jerry Adney, Ian Mendez
- Three legged stool (3 legs make it stable on any kind of ground)
- Bret Bedall
- Combination:
- Fish (koi) - Bridget Conlon, Courtney Harding, Howard Holland,
Barry Kissin, Meghan Ellen Rooney, Jim Seale, Carrie Young
- Yin yang position - see Yin Yang symbol on west face wall
- Combination:
- Intertwined grapevines - Bethany Buzzell, Kathy Chandler, Kenesha
Hodges, Barbara and Bob Williams
- Grapes - Lauren Hering, Jennifer Teets,
- Doves/Birds - Phoebe Anderson, Charles Benet, Tina Bickmore, Melissa
Biggus, Jessica Bish, Becky Cramer, Crystal, Nicholas Csminiti,
David, Amy Dalton, Laura Eaton, Amy Harlow, Betty Herrell, Jamie
Ihrer, Amber King, Ryan Kennedy, Hope Lawson, Maggie Lebherz,
Ian Oland, Sherrie Pace, Colleen Remsburg, Ianna Ridenour, Carroll
Roderick, Kest Schwarkman, Jenny Smith, Phil Snyder, Frederick
Wenner, Carol White
- 1903 Harley Davidson (1st one ever built) - Willie Lambert
- Hands:
- Offering key - Kit Aikin, Randy Ford, J.J. Schaus, Richard Shank,
Keith Virgin, Camilla Williams, Margo Williams, Andrew Zaruba,
Jill Zaruba, Janet Zigler
- Holding (this is based on the photo of the hands of a couple in
childbirth) - Emily Crone, John Long, Megan Owens; Also see clasped
hands on pg. 20
- People entwined (This sentiment was evident in many responses.
The actual design was adapted from the Book of Kells) -Nicole
Berry, Tina Brown, Colleen Clapp, Jessica Claxton, Lindsay Cook,
Alicyn Cratty, Becky Crummitt, Daybreak Resident, Lauren Dobay,
Enmo, Kris Fair, Isaiah, John Holly, Eliza Hull,Betsey Keyser,
Brittany Lewis, Ross Linthicum,John Long, Megan Masser, Toni McKeown,
Matthew Metzger, Angie Muir, Ashley Newlin, Kenny Paul, Feather
Peeks, Jessica Peterson,Pat Rosensteel, Kathy Schultz, Sarah Sines,
Misty Smith, Katie Spangenberg, Virginia Stamper, Jenn Uebel,
Rebecca Vogel, Joette Witan, Candace Younkins, Kelly Zottl
- Pomegranate (People are all together just like the seeds, each
can go out and start another community)- Erin Tayman
- Sheaf of wheat - Margaret Feister, several anonymous
- "Unity" in sign language (this sign is based on two
links in a chain) - Dottie Rust, Eva Lou Hinds
- 1864 (datestone from the first black church in Frederick. When
the white Episcopalian congregation decided to rebuild, they sold
the building to a black congregation and then forgave the debt,
so this symbol represents shared spiritual values.) - Gary Hughes
The Light Within wall
- Chameleon - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Cherries - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Children playing (climbing trees)- Teresa Cochran, David Conrad,
Kim Cutler, E.J. Dale, Dane Dixon, Brian Dylus, Nathaniel Fogle,
Freda McMillan, Jean Potmesil, Thomas Scholtes, Virginia Stamper,
Becky Staub, several anonymous
- Cupola (Mt. St. Mary's College) - George Houston, Bettie Delaplaine
- Drinking gourd - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Horses running - Jason Black, Anne Kinland, Ellie Krillaver, Jenny
Puglisi, Natasha Ridenour
- Lioness and cubs - Marv Munci, Iva Stein
- Maya Council House "mat" symbol (circa 750 AD, Copan,
Honduras) - anonymous
- Never-ending knot - Alicyn Cratty, Thomas Sterner
- Puzzle piece - Steven Easterling, Kendra Pearson, Melissa Tong
- Sledding - Justin Anderson
- Spider web - Marie King, Ian Mendez, Jessica van Dervant; also
see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Sunfish ("Used to be one of the most prevalent of fish in
Carroll Creek. I used to catch them as a child!") - Peggy
Pilgrim
- Well - Robert Snoots; also see the Light Within page
- Sculpture of Dog - R. Dougherty, Mary Brosnan, Omar
Kapur, Mary Mann, Colleen Remsberg, anonymous
- Cadeusus/Medicine (from a carving of Aeschelus, Roman God of Healing,
on a San Francisco building) - Janet Copeland, Chad Cotterman,
Burt Kummerow, Donn Moxley, Frank Petermoster, David Reeser
The Forgotten Song wall
- Farm - Eric Brown, Jessica French, Mike Grant, Nina Smith
- Frederick fair
Remsburg, Amanda Simon, Nancy Tolson
- Alphabet letters
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters logo - anonymous
- Combination:
- Indian head nickel - Jan Euler
- Money - Theodore S.J. Davi, Timmy Loy, Josh Orchard, Doug Tribble
- Cows, dairy - Davy Guy, Ellie Krillauer, Nina F. Smith, Robbie
Bartlett, Emily Rotman, Brendan Zottl
- Firemark/Firetruck- Marshall Dupuie, Karen Fenwick, Ann Love,
Dennis Regulinski, Lysia Stonemetz, Richard Young
- Fountain - Rebecca Bartlett, Barbara Biser, Daybreak Resident,
Wendy Fike, Teke Hoffman, Colleen Remsberg, Mary Ellen Rooney,
Meghan Rooney
- Shooting star - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Spiral - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Thistle - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Outstretched helping hand - Ruth Roney
- Figure eight knot (all pulling together to acheive one goal much
like climbers working to get up and down the mountain) - Jerel
Bartholomew, Geordie Frei
- Wreath or items within the wreath - Dolores Allnock, Joe Bailey,
Erin Bushko, Patricia Chambers, Kathy Chandler, Gaura Coupal,
Linda Fairfax, Joe Gills, Sarah Glosenger, Gabrielle Gregg, Kelly
Grimes, Kenesha Hodges, John Holly, Tammy Holt, Judy Houck, Susan
Howe, Pat Keeon, Betty Keyser, Amber King, Jacob Kiser, Barbara
LaGarde, Mary McAllister, Jennifer McGraw, Katie Mellott, Nisha
Nathan, Chuck Noyes, Kim Null, Christine Oberholzer, Megan Ouderkirk,
Archana Patel, Kasey Rahochik, Colleen Remsberg, Caroline Rubin,
Betty Sandala, Matthew Semuskie Scott, Adam Somers, Courtney Szek,
Brandy Thompson, Joyce Tsikerdanos, Amanda Worrell, Candace Younkins,
anonymous
East face wall
- Bell Tower - several anonymous
- Earth in hands - see Medallions page
- Oil lamp - Nathaniel Barr, Amanda Worrell
- Angel wing - Jan Euler, Cindy Gorland
- Bell (hand bell) - Daybreak resident, Bruce Jacobson, Jacob Lee,
Colleen Remsberg, A. Reeves, Rebecca Tran, Karen Wishan
Child with father's hand - Kim Girton
- Clustered spires - See Medallions page
- Combination: Clustered spires; churches; crosses - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Four handed star - Lori Fraind
- Combination:
- Candleholder with two loops (so you can pass it to someone) -
Susan L. Schley
- Candle, flame - Judy Brenk, Eric Bowens, Alice Cabrera, Linda
Fairfax, Gertrude Peterson, Cindy Smith
- Combination: Earth; hands holding the Earth - see Medallions page
- Girl with duck (from a picture on this spot in 1993) - Marcie
Baker, Eric Brown, Jennifer Coles, Jenny Draper, Penny Droneburg,
Tim Gipson, Katie Kaiser, Mary Mann, Corey McNamara, Leona Noffsinger,
Meghan Rooney, Karen Stitely, Natalie Winter, anonymous
- Indian (Native American) prayer wheel - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Pineapple (the Colonial symbol of welcome) - Rhonda DeToice, Retta
Finn, Deidre Lewis
- Quilt (all the different pieces work together and are stitched
together by a circle of women) - David Conrad, Daybreak Resident,
Retta Finn, Melissa French, Louise Major, Beth Werrell, Penny
Wright, anonymous
- Quill pen ("point of inspiration") - Beth Tringali
- Snowflakes (no two are alike, yet they're all the same) - Mary
Brandt
- Tractor (the closeness of an agricultural community) - Crystal,
Justin, Matthew, William Edward Robertson
- Water pump (common water source) - Mary Klotz
- Water turtle (from a traditional African design) - William Harrison
- Mailbox (one of the ways we communicate) - Ann B. Love, anonymous
- Hand - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Plumb bob - Willard Kearns
West face wall
- Dance - Nicole Harden, George Yourick
- Baseball and Glove (baseball; the Frederick Keys) - Troy Breland,
Jason Clement, Keith Dockens, Nicholas Earman, Craig Eddy, Chrissy
Gamelin, Tim Gipson, Deb Kolb, Randy Lawson, Ann Love, C. Lyles,
Daniel Mills, Dan Mulcahy, John Ogul, Fred Phelan, Kevin Pyzik,
Brian Reed, Alex Stimac, Brian Stitcher, Justin Stout, Crystal
Stup, Emily Thoreson, Don Turlington, Jane & Pete Watson,
Margot Williams, Camilla Williams
- Children's rhyme sequence ("here's the church ...")
- Lori Fraind
- Church door (open) - David Reeser, Maurice Moore, the congregation
of Asbury United Methodist Church
- Combination: Clasped hands; multiracial clasped hands - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Comedy/tragedy masks (for community theater) - Anne Frates
- E Pluribus Unum ("from many, one" - United States' motto)
- David Williams
- Fiddle (bluegrass music) - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Flaming sword (stands for honor, "perhaps the highest quality
of spirit … with honor would not all other qualities follow?"
wrote Ruth Sieg) - Wendy Bourgeois, Ruth Sieg
- Flowers in the historic district (stone carving from N. Market
St.) - Patricia Chambers
- Hand Helping another - Phoebe Anderson, Carolyn Chiantella, George
Dustin, Kim Girton, A.A. Roths, Thomas Sterner, anonymous
- Kibbish cup (or communion cup, an ecumenical symbol) - Paul &
Rita Gordon, Dian Nelson, Mary Jane Wilson
- Milk bottle (unearthed during the construction of the flood control
project) - Ann Love, Willard Kearns,
anonymous
- Parking meter - Ann Love
- Plowshare - Frederick Wenner, Norris Mann
- Porch swing - Linda Fairfax, Jan Flora, Amanda Nimmer
- Rose - see A Few Selected Symbols page
- Recycling symbol - Janel Plunkard,
Rebecca Bartlett, Kevin Longmire, Dustin George, Zachary R., Johanna
Schmersal
- Swan - Jason Blair, Laurie Hatcher
- Telephone - Ann Love, anonymous
- Tree - see Medallions page
- Welsh love spoon (traditional friendship gift in Wales) - Warren
Evans
- Yin/Yang - Gail Clapper, Chris Beck, Robbie Clary, Sakeena Daris,
Jeanne Defibaugh, Jennifer Evans, Sean Hanlon, Greg High, Aimee
Hutchins, Lauren Kanne, Alexandra Kelkye, Nick Isoldi, Omar Kapur,
Barry Kissin, Jeanna Lebherz, D. McCullough, Mollie Merkel, Matthew
Scott, Michelle Showe
To come:
- Fire/rescue logo - Shirley Chapman, several anonymous
- 4-H clover - Devra Boesch
- Band shell - Maurice Deprey, A. Groves, Ann Love, Matthew Meadows,
Carolyn True, anonymous
- Volunteer symbol - Barbara Cody
- Historic architecture (foliate head) - Steve Snow
- Rowhouses - Michael Gardener, Cheryl Hennesy, Alan Newcomer, Liliana
Perez
- Seed into plant - Irene O'Donnell, Molly Rudesill
- Bread - Sonia Bisaccia, Ruth Roney
- Winged Foot (for communication, news of what people are doing)
- George Delaplaine
- Ring of Rings - anonymous
- Smile - Susan M. Csonka, Daybreak Resident, The Reverend Walter
Phillip Fogarty, Kenny Lapace, Ashleigh Mackintosh
- Emoticon (An emoticon is typed, information superhighway shorthand
for a feeling. This is a wink and a smile.) - Ted Cochran
- Volunteerism Symbol
- Heart
- Policeman holding child's hand
- schoolhouse
- keystone
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