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memorial in MacArthur Park,

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. It stood just northeast of the former

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, at a junction of two of the park's internal roadways. It consisted of a bronze sculpture depicting a

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soldier in a defensive stance, holding a rifle pointed forward. The statue was in height, and was mounted in a granite column tall. The memorial was sometimes known as "Lest we forget", a line that appeared near the top of the inscription on the base. The statue was created by sculptor

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, and was installed in 1911; it was paid for by the local chapter of the

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, and memorializes the unit that seized the arsenal at the outset of the war. The memorial was listed on the

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in 1996, and was delisted in 2021. The statue was removed in June 2020 following the

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