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Message started by gtbee80 on Sep 1st, 2018 at 4:52pm

Title: Re: Savannah, GA Spanish American War Memorial
Post by butlersrangers on Sep 1st, 2018 at 5:59pm
'gtbee80' - Thanks for posting, one of my favorite statues!

Franklin B. Mallory used it on the cover of "The Krag Rifle Story" and wrote:

                        About The Cover

"The Hiker", who appears at the entrance to the Arlington National Cemetery and at various other sites around the United States .....

... sculptor Theo. A. R. Kitson took considerable artistic license with the barrel band arrangement on the Krag rifle with which the figure is armed.
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