Tom’s World – 28AUG2024 – Statues – 5

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I don’t know the story of this group of statues except that they depict typical young people from an earlier era and are located in the common area of a downtown Pensacola residential area.

 

Admiral John Towers, Naval Aviator number 3. In 1914, then Lt. Towers was ordered to Pensacola to create the first training program for Naval Aviators.

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Obviously a Photoshop composite. This combines heavily modified elements of a bronze statue from the US Naval Air Museum and a scene from St. Michael’s Cemetery in Pensacola. St. Michaels contains graves from the 1700’s when Florida was a Spanish colony.

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Closeup of the Confederate Memorial Monument located in Arlington National Cemetery. I recently read that the storm clouds were gathering around this monument for it’s removal as, I suppose, a National disgrace.

Tom’s World – 07AUG2024 – Statues – 1

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Memorial to Confederate soldiers in Atlanta’s Westview Cemetery

 

Memorial to the Unknown Confederate Dead at Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery.

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From the grave of the Atlanta newspaper publisher circa the early 1900’s.

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Incredibly well done life sized statue from Atlanta’s Westview. The entire background and statue were carved from the same slab. You can see the veins in the rock running continuously. This was done in the early 1900’s by an Italian artist.