MI Detroit – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:30:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Williams, Alpheus Starkey https://equestrianstatue.org/williams-alpheus-starkey/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=2123 The following story about Alpheus Starkey Williams, a Union Major General, shows the status and the importance of the warhorse:  When riding into the key Civil War battles, Williams was riding Plug Ugly, a large warhorse that he preferred over a show horse named Yorkshire. The latter was his sports car; Plug Ugly was his Ford … Continue reading "Williams, Alpheus Starkey"

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]]> Kosciuszko, Thaddeus https://equestrianstatue.org/kosciuszko-thaddeus-4/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=2248 See original. This duplicate of the original statue was erected  in 1978, as a gift from the people of Kraków, in celebration of the United States Bicentennial.

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