OK, I thought it was obvious, but three people have now told me they have no idea what my pictures mean. Would it help if I said that the sculture in picture 2 (by H. T. Holden) is titled "Gentle Nudge"?

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution" - Daniel Webster