Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: statue

For some reason I only captured two of Frederick Hart's three soldiers in this 1995 photo. The sponsors of DC's Vietnam war memorial thought the remembrance needed a more-traditional statue, as well as Maya Lin's winning entry. Hart's memorial, Three Soldiers, is fine, but it's overshadowed by Lin's Wall. The Vietnam Women's Memorial, featuring three nurses, seems to rarely get mentioned. Personally, this Vietnam Vet's always thought The Wall was sufficient. But this is excellent work.

Vermontville, Michigan, next to the fire department. Of course. Don't know much about these statues except that they're there.

Vermontville, Michigan, next to the local hardware store. This one's really quite a fine piece. One of these days I'll go back and take some better photographs. Don't know much about these statues except that they're there.

I bought the big planter twenty years ago, and we've had the smaller planters for nineteen. What goes in them depends mostly on what strikes my fancy on Memorial Day or thereabouts. The hanging basket gets selected on similar whims. We also put a container behind the rail; it's (more or less) rectangular, with bright flowers, and clearly designed by the same crew as these. It's there now, but wasn't ready when I took this pic. I suppose we'll put a perennial border around the steps some year, but so far we've been happy with annuals. Cosmos, this summer. The cat? Perhaps it's a memorial for Peppermint.

Vermontville, Michigan, next to Maple Manor, which is the heart of Vermontville's annual Maple Festival. I imagine the sign's true, though that apostrophe really ought to go. Don't know much about these statues except that they're there.

The airman from Kirk Newman's Disabled Veterans installation at the Kalamazoo County Courthouse. I posted a different version of this photo the other day....