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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf any protestor touches THIS statue about the Civil War I'm going to go apeshit
Here it is in front of the Virginia Historical Society, close to our apartment, on what was then Boulevard (now renamed to Arthur Ashe Boulevard). The statue has since been moved to the other side of the building, closer to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
It is a tribute to all war horses and mules that suffered so much during the Civil War. I've gazed upon it too many times to count, always with a sense of sympathy and awe, tinged with an awful lot of resentment for the traitors that caused their plight.
Incidentally, it was donated by Paul Mellon, of Mellon Bank fame, who also donated many bronze horse sculptures on display inside the VMFA (worth a visit, folks!)
mopinko
(70,112 posts)i dont hate rich people who donate that kind of public art.
at all.
Goodheart
(5,325 posts)mopinko
(70,112 posts)calimary
(81,285 posts)My first thought was - awwwwwww... poor horse.
mopinko
(70,112 posts)beaten like a rented mule came about.
but people's unbelievable selfishness and greed and cruelty is pretty ancient.
dlk
(11,566 posts)Theres much more narcissism.
ProfessorGAC
(65,054 posts)That is a cool statue!
Caliman73
(11,738 posts)I would hope that statue would not offend anyone. Animals do what they are made to do. They have no ideology and we regularly use and abuse them. That should be a learning experience for anyone who sees that statue.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)They were one of the cost of wars and that statue is a remainder of the cost
Karadeniz
(22,521 posts)Duppers
(28,123 posts)- a fellow Virginian