The Metro
Lafayette Park
A great section on "Champions," including a nice roster of great boxers
A sample of the bronzes
Portrait of Sophie Hunter Colson, by William R. Leigh (1896); and "Round Hill Road," John Henry Twachtman (1890-1900)
Jack Dempsey & Joe WIllard, by James Montgomery Flagg (1944)
The painting in Dempsey's NYC restaurant
Joe Louis Barrow, by Betsy Graves Reyneau (1946)
"Cat's Cradle," Cassius Clay, by Henry C. Casselli, JR. (1981)
Sunset on the Mall
At the World War II Memorial
This is not an impressive or effective memorial.
It's fussy, hard to read because there are
too many surfaces and levels.
The plinths are dedicated to states and territories (Iowa here).
But there is a good series of bronzes, although also
Many illiterate tourists. "What world war?"
Getting the news: war is declared
Induction
At the front
Home on leave, I think, a farmer's son in uniform?
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