US – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:29:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Attitude adjustment https://equestrianstatue.org/attitude-adjustment/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:15:27 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=29251 This sculpture is special because the horse stands on only one leg.

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]]> Grant, Ulysses S. https://equestrianstatue.org/grant-ulysses-s-3/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:53:42 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=29220 In an area of the battlefield known as Grant’s Circle, General Ulysses S. Grant is memorialized sitting atop Kangaroo, the horse that accompanied him during the siege of Vicksburg.  According to legend, every full moon General Grant rides his horse through Vicksburg National Military Park.  Since Vicksburg is considered by many to be Grant’s greatest … Continue reading "Grant, Ulysses S."

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]]> Colleoni, Bartolomeo https://equestrianstatue.org/colleoni-bartelomeo/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:03:56 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=29190 The Bartolommeo Colleoni monument in Lincoln Park, Newark was brought here to beautify the city. There are no descendants of the Colleoni family in Newark, nor was there a large colony of Venetian immigrants in Newark at any time. Newark brewer Christian Feigenspan asked John Cotton Dana, founder of the Newark Museum, and sculptor John … Continue reading "Colleoni, Bartolomeo"

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]]> Davis, Henry Gassaway https://equestrianstatue.org/davis-henry-gassaway-2/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:34:43 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=28448 Photographers unknown

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]]> Reeves, Bass https://equestrianstatue.org/reeves-bass/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:41:09 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=28227 photographer unknown

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]]> Marcus Aurelius https://equestrianstatue.org/marcus-aurelius-4/ Sun, 03 May 2020 07:06:16 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=24340 Photos by Mark Dunkelman This copy of the statue in Rome on the campus of Brown University was a gift of Moses Brown Ives Goddard 1907

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]]> Reagan, Ronald https://equestrianstatue.org/reagan-ronald-2/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:56:31 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21949 The statue in Dixon, the hometown of Ronald Reagan, shows him atop Palomino. The statue is known under the name Begins the trail. photo from presidentsUSA.net

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]]> Reagan, Ronald https://equestrianstatue.org/reagan-ronald/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:51:03 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21947 This statue, known as Along the trail, shows Ronald Reagan on his favourite horse El Alamein, and is located near the presidential library in Simi Valley. A fireproof container inside the statue contains one of the late president’s belt buckles and a piece of the Berlin Wall. Photographer Brian Starkman

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]]> America’s Response Monument https://equestrianstatue.org/americas-response-monument/ Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:51:13 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=20796 photo’s by Mark Zegeling

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