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naked truth

Naked Truth, Compton Hill. St. Louis, Missouri

 

The figure symbolizes "Truth" and the torches are for the "enlightenment of Germany and the United States." The figure of Truth is of bronze in heroic size. The eyes are painted as in some bronze figures of the Greeks and as in many modern German statues. The inscription on the back of the shaft in incised lettering expressing the devotion of German-American citizens to the country of their adoption. This inscription is repeated in German. The memorial was a gift to St Louis by the German-American Alliance and was unveiled on May 27, 1914.

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Uploaded on October 7, 2012
Taken on October 6, 2012