- CountryUS
- Town:CT Redding
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Year of creation:1967
- Rider(s):Putnam, Israel
Legend has it that Israel Putnam (1718–1790) left his plough in a field and rode on horseback for 100 miles in eight hours to reach Cambridge Massachusetts at the outbreak of the war. He was made second in rank in the Army of Observation, a forerunner of the Continental Army, and was a major planner and participant in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He suffered a stroke in 1779, which ended his military career. He is buried in a sarcophagus built into the foundations of his equestrian statue in Brooklyn, Connecticut: ‘the patriot who sleeps beneath this marble’.
- Sculptor(s):Hyatt Huntington, Anna Vaughn
(1876–1973) was an exceptional and highly productive American sculptress. She was an animalier of outstanding achievement. Working over a period of 70 years in a traditional, academic style, she is recognized as one of world’s finest animal sculptors. Replicas of her statues and sculptures can be found all around the world.
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In 1969 at age 93, the sculptress Anna Hyatt Huntington donated this equestrian statue , which is situated at the entrance of Putnam Memorial State Park, depicting the horse going down the steps. The legend has it that General Putnam escaped in 1779 a cohort of British Dragoons riding his horse down 100 steps at Horses Neck, Greenwich CT
