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Old Posted Apr 6, 2013, 6:48 PM
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Spanish American War Memorial - 7th Infantry

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Originally Posted by SoCal1954 View Post
Interesting photos!!

Question: Is that statue of what appears to be a soldier, still in the park? I have not been to downtown on foot for many years--my ankle bracelet seems to limit me to Pasadena/Altadena. LOL
It's still there. The plinth is shorter now. It was last re-sited in the '93 remodel of the park:


http://www.shorpy.com/node/13244?size=_original#caption (detail)

The story behind the memorial: http://www.publicartinla.com/Downtow...ican_war1.html


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ing_Square.jpg

LA Historical-Cultural Monument #480. Oldest piece of public art in LA.

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