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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #30 - Jan 11^th, 2020 at 6:04pm	Print Post
	I drove past the Ypsilanti Hiker statue today. It's right where I thought it was... about 100 yards west of the Big *ick (Ypsilanti Water Tower) on the south edge of the Eastern Michigan University campus. If it hadn't been pouring rain, I would have stopped and snapped a picture or two. Maybe later this week, I'll have a chance...


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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #31 - Jan 25^th, 2020 at 2:09am	Print Post
	A Marine with his Krag in New Haven, Ct.


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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #32 - Jan 25^th, 2020 at 2:14am	Print Post
	Hiker (not a Newman or Kitson) from Yonkers, NY.


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #33 - Jan 25^th, 2020 at 3:02pm	Print Post
	The detail on that Krag is amazing! I can almost read the serial number!


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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #34 - Jan 30^th, 2020 at 5:09am	Print Post
	A Rough Rider in Prescott, AZ.


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Baltimoreed KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 320 Location: Aurora, NC Joined: Feb 5^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #35 - Jan 30^th, 2020 at 4:12pm	Print Post
	A truly beautiful piece of bronze. You know it’s only a matter of time before some disgruntled group of hispanics decide that these statues are an insult to their revered ancestors who were oppressed and perished because of American colonialism in Cuba and Puerto Rico and demand that they be taken down and want to be compensated for their collective pain. Just saying. But in all seriousness why isn't Puerto Rico a state?


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #36 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 1:04am	Print Post
	Visited the Ypsilanti, MI "Hiker" statue today!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #37 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 1:13am	Print Post
	Paul - Did you bring a can of "Brasso" and some rags to polish his U.S. Buckle? Good Timing .... It would be funny if the Sun's position cast the shadow of the Water Tower in your direction ..... or if we saw the Tower reflected in your lenses!


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #38 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 1:34am	Print Post
	Paul, You missed a good opportunity to have your picture taken in front of that statue holding your Krag rifle in your hands! Nice pictures. Thanks for posting them.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #39 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 1:57am	Print Post
	Sadly, we would all be 'kicking in' money for "The Paul Steinmayer Legal Defense Fund", if he posed with a Krag at that location. Eastern Michigan University would have gone into "lock-down".


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #40 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 2:08am	Print Post
	If he claimed he was a relative of Hitlery Clinton, he would be let off Scot-Free!


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Knute1 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 738 Location: Illinois Joined: Sep 10^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #41 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 2:23am	Print Post
	I'm with BR, he deserves a good cleaning. But I don't know if it would have any affect on condition.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #42 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 2:49pm	Print Post
	I did contemplate having my wife snap a picture of me with my Krag emulating The Hiker in pose... but as Chuck pointed out, it's EMU grounds, and as such, I'd be singing the jailbird blues! Now I bet I could contact the local Sheriff's dept (I know a few of them) and asked them if I could take a picture with my 120 year old rifle at the statue. I'm sure I would get support, and possibly even an escort/witness/protection for my picture! Something I might try when the weather is nicer.


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Baltimoreed KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 320 Location: Aurora, NC Joined: Feb 5^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #43 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 3:32pm	Print Post
	There’s always photoshop.


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: SAW Statue - Detroit Reply #44 - Feb 16^th, 2020 at 3:55pm	Print Post
	That would be a great picture to frame and hang in your Man's Cave if you can get it done!


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