Artist who grew up in Oregon, Ill., unveiling Reagan statute Friday
August 12th, 2009 at 02:04pm Georgette Braun
Donald Luppen Reed — who was born in Rockford, grew up in Oregon and has a studio in Beloit — will unveil a life-size statute of President Ronald Regan in Reagan’s hometown of Dixon on Friday.
Dixon officials commissioned him to create the 9-foot-tall bronze sculpture of Reagan on horseback. It is entitled “Begins the Trail” and features a youthful Reagan. Reagan lived in Dixon from 1920 to 1933. The sculpture will be the centerpiece of Dixon’s newly built Heritage Crossing riverfront plaza on the banks of the Rock River.
Reed operates his studio in Rivers Edge Foundry in Beloit, Wis.
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1. Orlando Clay | August 12th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Um, I think you meant to write “statue” instead of “statute.”
It’s quite an understandable mistake — the right-wing’s virtual canonization of “Ronzo” is enough to make my head spin as well.
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