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sorrow
A man's face and arm at the base of Cavalry Charge, one of two sculptures (the other is Artillery) on either side of the main Grant sculpture at the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, D.C. I call this photo "sorrow" because as you can see here, the man is in the midst of battle and apparently about to be trampled by horses. According to James M. Goode, author of The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.: A Comprehensive Historical Guide, (a must-read) Calvary Charge and Artillery "possess more dramatic interest and suspense than any sculpture in the city and, indeed, in the Nation."
Cavalry Charge was installed on Capitol Hill in 1916, although the memorial wasn't dedicated until April 27, 1922, the 100th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birth. The memorial was designed by architect Edward Pearce Casey and sculpted by Henry Shrady.
The Grant Memorial is one of eighteen Civil War statuary collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Note: This is one of my older photos I originally uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
sorrow
A man's face and arm at the base of Cavalry Charge, one of two sculptures (the other is Artillery) on either side of the main Grant sculpture at the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, D.C. I call this photo "sorrow" because as you can see here, the man is in the midst of battle and apparently about to be trampled by horses. According to James M. Goode, author of The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.: A Comprehensive Historical Guide, (a must-read) Calvary Charge and Artillery "possess more dramatic interest and suspense than any sculpture in the city and, indeed, in the Nation."
Cavalry Charge was installed on Capitol Hill in 1916, although the memorial wasn't dedicated until April 27, 1922, the 100th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birth. The memorial was designed by architect Edward Pearce Casey and sculpted by Henry Shrady.
The Grant Memorial is one of eighteen Civil War statuary collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Note: This is one of my older photos I originally uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.