Introduction to the Forging Swords into Plowshares sculpture: The Forging Swords into Plowshares sculpture is located in the United Nations Garden. It was a gift from the then Soviet Union in 1959. This bronze statue was made by Yevgeny Vuchetich. The man in the sculpture holds a hammer in one hand and a sword that he will recast into a plow in the other hand, symbolizing mankind's demand to end war and put an end to war. Weapons of destruction become tools of creation for the benefit of all mankind.