Administered by City of Richmond Department of Planning and Community Development 900 East Broad Street, Room 510 Richmond Virginia 23219
Located Coliseum South Concourse plaza, north of 6th Street Marketplace Richmond Virginia
Date:
Copyrighted 1977. Dedicated Oct. 20, 1978
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
Image on file.
Richmond News Leader, Dec. 6, 1977.
(copyright symbol) Boettiger 1977 (On front of base:) RICHMOND/LIGHT INFANTRY/BLUES/1789 (On back of base:) WAR OF 1812/WAR BETWEEN THE STATES/SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR/MEXICAN BORDER CAMPAIGN/WORLD WAR I/WORLD WAR II signed
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Summary:
Full-length figure of a soldier at parade rest. He wears a Richmond Light Infantry Blues uniform with shako hat and feather plume. In his proper right hand he holds a rifle; the butt of the gun rests on the ground beside his proper right leg. His proper left arm is bent and rests behind his back. The bronze sculpture stands on a oval granite base.
