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Come To Think of It: Exploring the Walter Payton Statue Controversy
Published: September 16, 2009
It is with this thought in mind that the Chicago park district and some military veterans oppose the attempts by the "Friends of Walter Payton" committee to have a statue in his honor out in front of Solider Field.
The bronze statue, being constructed in Wasilla, AK, with a foundry in Utah, will be slightly larger than 6'0" tall and life size. The base will be about five to six feet tall. The sculptor is Stan Watts, who specializes in life-size bronzes.
While it's the home of the Chicago Bears, Soldier Field serves as a memorial to American soldiers who died in wars.
If one is to put up a statue of a football player, it is argued, then where are the statues of the real heroes, the fallen war soldiers?
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