A review of a new book about monumental Washington reminded me of my favorite heroic sculpture, Henry Shrady's statue of U.S. Grant in front on the Capitol.
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2 comments:
There's something about an army general posted in front of the Capitol that makes me a little uncomfortable.
He's defending it from secessionists.
Sherman is likewise defending the White House.
But it is useful to remember that however obsessed we are now with military heroes, it is a pale reflection of the 19th-century situation.
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