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The Minute Man

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 19, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:21, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The statue depicted in a c. 1900 postcard

The Minute Man is an 1874 sculpture by Daniel French located in Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts. The statue depicts a minuteman stepping away from his plow to join the patriot forces at the Battle of Concord, with a long gun in his hand. Cast from ten bronze cannons, it was unveiled in 1875 for the centennial of the Battle of Concord. It received critical acclaim and continues to be praised by commentators. The pose resembles that of the Apollo Belvedere and it was assumed that the pose was transposed from this, but modern art historians have shown that the Apollo Belvedere was only one of several statues used in French's research. The statue has been a symbol for the suffragettes, the United States National Guard and the Air National Guard, and has been used on the Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar and the Massachusetts state quarter coins. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): No fine art in March
Main editors: Guerillero
Promoted: 20 June 2020
Reasons for nomination: April 19th is when the statue is unveiled and when the battle happened that the statue commemorates
Support as nominator. Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 22:15, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:20, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]