3604 x 2400 px | 30,5 x 20,3 cm | 12 x 8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2012
Ort:
Veterans Memorial Plaza, Apalachicola, Florida, USA
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The sculpture is a detail cast from the original molds of Frederick Hart's (1943-1999) Three Soldiers statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. (1984). The estate of Frederick Hart and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund collaborated in the production of this unique work. Cast in 2008. Dedicate on July 12, 2008. The text below is an excerpt from an article by Carol Megathlin on 07/04/2012: The only authorized replica of the 'Three Servicemen' statue stands in Veterans Memorial Plaza in Apalachicola. “Follow me.” The motto of the U.S. Army Infantry came to mind as I sat talking with Jimmy Mosconis in Apalachicola a few weeks ago. “Apalach, ” as the locals call it, is a fishing village on the coast of the Florida Big Bend. A few days earlier, on Memorial Day, President Obama had spoken at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., calling on the nation to honor the veterans of that war. But Jimmy was way ahead of him. Jimmy Mosconis is a third-generation Apalachicolan, the grandson of a Greek fisherman. In Vietnam, Jimmy fought as a platoon sergeant with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. A man named Jan Scruggs was a soldier in Jimmy’s platoon. Few of us will recognize the name Jan Scruggs. He is the man whose dogged determination got the Vietnam Veterans Memorial built in D.C. Even fewer people outside the Apalachicola area know Jimmy Mosconis’ name. That’s a shame, because the link between these two men led to a big miracle in little Apalach. As the project progressed, two game-changing events occurred. Frederick Hart passed away in 1999, leaving his widow, Lindy Hart, in charge of his estate. Then the “Three Servicemen” statue was singled out when President George W. Bush honored Hart, posthumously, with the 2004 National Medal of Arts. Suddenly, the idea of five replicas of the award-winning statue was no longer in play. Mrs. Hart said no copies would be authorized — with a single exception: the one in Apalachicola, Fla., population 2, 000.
