Not everyone can be remembered in a statue. First, you must be famous
for something. Kill a giant, ride a horse to victory, or split an apple
with an arrow. Then, if people want to remember you, they may pay an
artist to make a statue of you.
Sometimes, artists make statues that stand for things such as peace or
liberty or other ideas that people want to remember.
The next pages show how some people and ideas became statues, and the
places where you can see those statues.
CAPTURING THE SEAS
Once a great English sailor, named Horatio Nelson, helped England become the ruler of the seas. During the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain, Nelson and his fleet won a fight against the…
THE GIANT KILLER
Long ago, some people, called the Philistines, had a giant named Goliath in their army. He was so big and fierce that he could frighten almost anyone. But a shepherd boy named David was not afraid of…
STAY ON THE HORSE
Horses have been so important to people that sometimes when a sculptor makes a statue of a person, the sculptor includes a horse. This kind of statue is called an equestrian statue. The word…
FROM CANNON AND CONCRETE
Once, the people of Chile and Argentina argued about the border between their countries in South America. Later, they agreed to live in peace and had a statue built to remind them of their agreement….
