This week’s mystery is not from South Carolina, but you can assume it is somewhere near South Carolina. Who is this stern-looking figure and where is the statue? Send your guess — including your name and hometown — to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s photo of a statue of a grieving woman was part of a war memorial in Mount Pleasant that was submitted by Jay Altman of Columbia. Congratulations to the many readers who identified it: Barry Wingard of Florence; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Arlene Traxler of Edgefield; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Steve Willis of Lancaster; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Elizabeth Jones of Columbia; Curtis Joyner of Charleston; and Pat Keadle of Wagener;
Peel shared more info: “Today’s mystery photo is of an 8-foot bronze statue of a grieving woman holding a folded American flag in one arm and resting her other arm on a combat helmet and rifle. Words on the ground under the statue read ‘On behalf of a Grateful Nation.” The statue was created by Raymond Kaskey (1943-present), a renowned American sculptor who is best known for creating the National WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. The statue is the centerpiece of the Memorial Waterfront Park just under the east-end of the Ravenel Bridge in Mount Pleasant. The park is dedicated to fallen veterans from all branches of the military, and includes two brick walls with the names of 74 men from Mount Pleasant who have died in wars.
>> Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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