DSA Night School - How to Rename a Monument

This one's very personal to me. 

Follow these instructions if you want to rename a monument yourself.

There is an extensive bibliography here. Check it out.

Thank you to DSA San Diego for allowing me to be the Education Secretary for 18 months. 

 

The Name of the Father (Nom-du-Pere)

    Exhibit B: 

    The B. Bruce Anderson Monument
    Palmer Park - Long Valley, NJ
    The Name of Erik B. Anderson's Father

It is real.

Exhibit A:

The Name-of-the-Father (Nom-du-Pere)

…the fundamental signifier which permits signification to proceed normally. This fundamental signifier both confers identity on the subject (it names him, positions him within the symbolic order) and signifies the Oedipal prohibition, the ‘no’ of the incest taboo. If this signifier is foreclosed (not included in the symbolic order), the result is PSYCHOSIS.

Evans, Dylan. An Introductory Dictionary of   Lacanian Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge, 1996.

I am not psychotic!
w00t!

Warm Regards,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782

Komfo Anokye Sword

When I was in Ghana, my brother Padmore showed us the Komfo Anokye Sword in Kumasi:

Komfo Anokye's Sword
Photo taken by Erik B. Anderson
Kumasi, Ghana, 1995

Read more about it from Ghana Expeditions.

Komfo Anokye Sword
Just behind the Okomfo Anokye Hospital, one will find the Okomfo Anokye Sword. It is named after a famous traditional priest who, in the 17th century, was said to have conjured the ""Golden Stool"" from the sky. Legend states that as high priest of the Akan kingdoms, he drove his sword into the ground with such force that it has remained there ever since, marking the site of the new imperial city, Kumasi, which unified the Akan kingdoms. The site is revered by all as a sacred shrine.

The unmovable Sword of the Komfo Anokye remains in the grounds of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he pushed it. It is believed the Komfo pronounced that no one would be able to remove the sword, and so it has remained in spite of many attempts.

In October 2008, I sent a photo of the B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag to Governor Corzine. On the back of it, I wrote something like this:

October 2008

Dear Governor Corzine:

As long as the B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag remains in the Ground, our nation will remain strong!

Sincerely,

Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1892

The B. Bruce Anderson Memorial Flag - Established 2006