KERN COUNTY WORLD WAR II VETERANS MEMORIAL STATUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 2023
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II
Photograph By: DENISE BOOSE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
Sculptor Benjamin Victor. It depicts a grieving woman holding her child. In her hand is a Western Union Telegram from the War Department informing her that her loved one died in action fighting for freedom. Inside the statue, near her heart, is a capsule filled with sand from Omaha Beach and Utah Beach, two of the beaches where the Battle of Normandy was fought.
SEE ALSO-KERN COUNTY WORLD WAR II VETERANS MEMORIAL
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