Minute Man statue (ca. 1966) formerly at the National Guard Association Building in Washington, D.C. (no longer present) by Daniel Chester French, Felix W de Weldon

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Minute Man statue (ca. 1966) formerly at the National Guard Association Building in Washington, D.C. (no longer present) by Daniel Chester French, Felix W de Weldon

The Minute Man statue (circa 1966) was a bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French and Felix W. de Weldon, formerly located at the National Guard Association Building in Washington, D.C. It commemorated the colonial Minutemen of the Revolutionary War. The statue is no longer present at its original site and was documented in James M. Goode's "Outdoor Sculpture" but omitted from his later "Washington Sculpture." It highlights themes of military service and American independence.