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''Tom McCall Memorial'' is an outdoor
bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...
of former Oregon Governor
Tom McCall Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 January 8, 1983) was an American statesman, politician and journalist in the state of Oregon. A Republican, he was the state's thirtieth governor from 1967 to 1975. A native of Massachusetts, McCall grew up th ...
by Rip Caswell, located in
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, in the United States.


Description and history

The tall portrait statue, which depicts McCall wading through the
Umpqua River The Umpqua River ( ) on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States is approximately long. One of the principal rivers of the Oregon Coast and known for bass and shad, the river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west ...
with a fly rod and a steelhead fish, was commissioned by the Tom McCall Memorial Committee. It was installed along the
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in Riverfront Park, dedicated on September 26, 2008, at a ceremony attended by Governor
Ted Kulongoski Theodore Ralph Kulongoski ( ; born November 5, 1940) is an American politician, judge, and lawyer who served as the 36th Governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative As ...
.


See also

* 2008 in art


References


External links


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Statue of Tom McCall Dedicated in Salem Park
by Kristian Foden-Vencil,
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