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Pueblo
Colorado W 10th Street 215
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Replica of the Statue of Liberty |
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
1950 |
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On the front of the pedestal:
with the faith and courage of |
On the fence:
RING OF HONOR |
On the foot of the pedestal three plaques with names of medal recipients:
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congressional medal of honor, the highest award america bestows for heroism in combat pueblo's medal of honor recipients: crawford, william j., pvt, usa, 13 sep 1943 sitter, carl l., capt, usmc, 29 & 30 nov 1950 murphy, raymond g., 2lt, usmc, 3 feb 1953 dix, drew d., ssgt, usa, 31 jan & amp; 1 feb 1968 |
congressional medal of honor civil war warren c. dockum |
world war i red cross army nurse mabel mac diermid jane minor hendricks phoebe allen
canteen worker |
On the pedestal five plaques with names:
The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, Illinois) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scout office by those wanting one. The statues are approximately 2.6 m (8½ feet) tall without the base, constructed of sheet copper, weigh 130 kg (290 pounds), and originally cost $350 plus freight. The mass-produced statues are not great art nor meticulously accurate (a conservator notes that "her face isn't as mature as the real Liberty. It's rounder and more like a little girl's"), but they are cherished, particularly since 9/11. Many have been lost or destroyed, but preservationists have been able to account for about a hundred of them, and BSA Troop 101 of Cheyenne, Wyoming has collected photographs of over 100 of them.
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