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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: December 27, 2008
Caption: Statue of Lt. Brown
Additional Description: Yes he is carrying the captured sword in the statue. The story is that during the march Brown brushed aside guards to give his men access to a well in order to replenish their canteens. For violating orders not to break ranks, Brown was arrested and lost his sword. The statue was to depict Brown with the hatchet in hand. However the Battlefield Commission objected to such depiction. Instead the hatchet was placed at Brown's feet (seen here hanging off the side of the monument) in the final version of the statue.
Submitted: February 23, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p53907
File Size: 0.544 Megabytes

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