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FIVE FIGURES FOR FIVE FLAGS
FIVE FIGURES FOR FIVE FLAGS. The statute in St. Raphael Square was created by Ann Openarth and Donna Marihart of Bellevue during the 1970s. (1)
The work, featuring a steamboat captain, LEAD miner, frontier farmer and his wife, originally included a lumberjack. At the request of Wayne Andrew NORMAN, Sr. and Msgr. Barrett, this figure was replaced with the figure of a missionary priest. The sculpture was one of the four finalists in the 1973 Five Flags Sculpture Contest eventually won by CONTINUUM. (2)
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Source:
1. "Mixed Reviews," Telegraph Herald, July 7, 1980, p. 54
2. "The 70s/The 80s," Telegraph Herald, July 7, 1980