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Blumberg puts the finishing touches on the full-size clay model of the horse soldier sculpture before the bronze work is begun. On a life-and-a-half scale, [23] the 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) [1] bronze statue is 16 feet (4.9 m) tall, including a 3 feet (0.91 m) tall granite plinth. The base bears the sculpture's title, "America's Response Monument."
Douwe Blumberg (pronounced "Dow", born January 30, 1965) is a bronze sculptor who is most well known for his statue of a special forces soldier on horseback commemorating Special Forces operations in Afghanistan during the opening days of Operation Enduring Freedom. He has received more than 200 commissions and a number of awards since becoming ...
The pedestal once had a statue of Custer atop of it, but after objections to the statue design by Custer's wife, the statue was replaced by an obelisk. The pedestal was moved to his gravesite upon construction of Taylor Hall. [5] [6] Dade Monument: 1845 Originally located on the site of current-day Cullum hall on the bluff overlooking the Hudson.
12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is a 2018 American action-war film [4] directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. The film is based on Doug Stanton 's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers , which tells the story of U.S. Army Special Forces sent to Afghanistan ...
A replica of Shrady's statue in Brooklyn, New York City. J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain, by Henri-Léon Gréber, Country Club Plaza, 1910. Relocated in the 1950s from Harbor Hill in Roslyn, New York. The four equestrian statues may be allegorical figures of major rivers, with the Native American rider representing the Mississippi River.
Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1919. The double equestrian statue depicts Robert E. Lee riding his horse Traveller, and a young Confederate States Army soldier astride a horse. . The bronze sculpture measures approximately 9 × 12 × 5 ft (3 × 4 × 1.5 m) and rests on a Texas pink granite base that measures approximately 6 ft. × 12 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft (2 × 4 × 2 m) and weighs 7 tons.
The sculpture is titled Business Man on Horse. [23] The statue do not portray a specific individual. — Windsor, Ontario: William McElcheran Previously located on the grounds of Windsor Sculpture Park, although acts of vandalism against the sculpture led to its removal. The sculpture is titled Business Man on Horse. [24] The sculpture does not ...
The park and statue are both owned and maintained by the National Park Service. [17] [19] The bronze statue of Washington and his horse is 9-feet tall (2.7 m), 14-feet long (4.3 m), and faces east towards the White House. [12] [17] Washington is depicted sitting erect and wearing his military uniform as Commander in Chief of the Continental ...