On a warm afternoon Eli was playing outside and was just nine years young when he was hit by a wreck less driver and killed. His little helpless body was dragged around for about a quarter of a mile before being abandoned by the driver....
Visitors to North Shore Drive in Pittsburgh, between Heinz Field and the Ohio River, are presently greeted by an "Ever Watchful" policeman statue. Now, that statue is set to gain a canine companion, paying tribute to fallen local K-9 officers. Both of these police statues will...
Brazos Valley, Texas has gained two new veterans memorial statues in commemoration of the American Civil War. They depict soldiers on opposing sides, and were unveiled in a ceremony on Thursday attended by about 200 people. Most importantly of all, rather than reminding onlookers of...
Here at Big Statues, whenever we hear news of the unveiling of a new military statue on these shores, we cannot help but be full of admiration for the honored, such is our respect for their service to our country. The situation is no different...
If one were to rank all of the living American basketball stars worthy of custom bronze statues, Jacques Dominique Wilkins should surely be pretty high up the list. After all, not for no reason was the nine-time NBA All-Star nicknamed 'The Human Highlight Film' during...
The surfers who routinely flock to Newport Beach in California may soon be greeted by a life size statue commemoration of one of the beach's true heroes in recent times, the late lifeguard Ben Carlson, who died while rescuing a stricken swimmer last July. News of...
National Statutory Hall in Washington, D.C. may currently be home to two historic statues representing Oregon, but a state committee has recommended that both be brought "home" and replaced in the U.S. Capitol by two new sculptures. In news that will interest many of those considering...
Friday night saw the holding of a beef-and-beer fundraiser for what was unquestionably a very worthy cause - a campaign to have a statue erected in Philadelphia of World War II veteran William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, whose experiences were immortalized in the hit HBO series...
The latest news related to custom bronze statues across the Atlantic will always interest us here at Big Statues, and our eye was certainly caught by the news of a campaign for a statue of the late, great former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,...