Of the several statues surrounding the state Capitol on Union Square, a grand total of two portray lifelike movement. One is the ultra-realistic Vietnam memorial, in which two soldiers half-carry, half-drag a wounded comrade while scanning the sky for a rescue chopper. The other honors a son of the Confederacy who earned a dubious distinction indeed.
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