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World War I Memorial Unveils 58-Foot Sculpture as Its Anchor

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A 58-foot-long bronze sculpture was unveiled Friday evening as the centerpiece of the National World War I Memorial in Washington, blocks from the White House. « A Soldier’s.
A 58-foot-long bronze sculpture was unveiled Friday evening as the centerpiece of the National World War I Memorial in Washington, blocks from the White House. « A Soldier’s Journey » follows an unnamed doughboy from the moment he takes his helmet from his daughter and ships out for duty. It traces him through scenes of war, with soldiers fighting alongside nurses tending their injuries, and culminates in a homecoming, the reports. « It is a project that represents the everyman, the ones who make this country possible », said Sabin Howard, the artist.

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