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1518:Renaissance
1496:The Parable
1355:Don Quixote
1333:Delta Solar
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267:Information
196:Description
116: /
104:77°2′31.2″W
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1934:Categories
1906:sculptures
1588:Trigadilly
1510:The Rescue
1284:Build-Grow
1099:Korean War
1001:Boy Scouts
937:Statues of
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738:GWU statue
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332:References
146:Venezuelan
72:Dimensions
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1621:sculpture
1581:Symbiosis
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1383:Fortitude
1326:Continuum
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287:Condition
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362:22 July
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