Otto - Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum - Greenville, Texas, USA

Username: Otto
Sent: 28 November, 2023
Postmark: 28 November, 2023
Arrived: 4 December, 2023
From: Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum - Greenville, Texas, USA

For several years I've lived somewhat near the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, but never visited.
As I started a road trip that took me right past the museum, I felt it was time to stop by, even if only for a quick visit.

The Audie Murphy statue is visible from the nearby highway and is quite striking from even from that distance. My time was limited, so the visit was brief. I decided to pay the small entrance fee, take a few photos of the statue, and send out a postcard.




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The Audie Murphy statue is really quite impressive. Most photos don't do it justice, making it appear quite small, but it is sizeable. The figure alone is probably nine or ten feet tall, not including the base. For such a large figure, the detail is really quite good, nothing looks wonky or lacking detail. I've always liked statues, and this one hit my statue/plastic army man fetish dead center.

Here is a photo taken during the visit. The face is a great resemblance of Audie, but the bright Texas sun casts a shadow that makes photos difficult at times.

 

Those are great!. A good statue conveys so much, I especially appreciate sturdy statues of stone or metal that you can touch without fear of damage.

I have plenty more photos of the Audie Murphy statue from a subsequent visit. That's for another thread.

 

Mother Russia. (Note the people in the foreground.)

 

Certainly a woman we can look up to.