by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
The George Washington monument, placed near the Benton statue, is a copy of Houdon’s famous life-size marble portrait of Washington that was made for the rotunda in the Virginia capitol at Richmond in 1796. It is the most physically accurate portrait of...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
General Lyon had an easier time keeping St. Louis from falling into Confederate hands than the statue honoring him has had keeping its rightful place in the public arena. One newspaper article even stated that the General would be better honored by the absence of the...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
The monument Frederich Hecker Memorial honors the German revolutionary who came to St. Louis in the 1840s and who was brigadier commander of local German-Americans during the Civil War. Medallions on the stone obelisk include commemorative dates, a high-relief...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
The large Indian guards the corner of the historic Cherokee district’s antique and commercial area in South St. Louis. The landmark figure, presumably a Cherokee Indian, wears a feathered headdress, arm bands, and loin cloth. With arrow and tablet in hand, his...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Dimensions: 10′ Year Completed: 2004 Material: Bronze Owner: City of St. Louis
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