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Show Cyrus E. Vallin and his Paul Revere Statue BY RELL G. FRANCIS Opposite: Cyrus Edwin Dallin at about age thirty-nine when he began to teach at the Massachusetts Normal Art School. Photograph. by Stillman Powers, official photographer of Dallin's works, courtesy of Hafen-Dallin Club, Springville. Above: the Paul Revere Monument. : NEAR THE OLD NORTH CHURCH in Boston, the nation's Bicentennial activities have centered around a bronze statue of the silversmith who made a dramatic ride across the countryside to warn the patriots that the British were coming. The vital message Paul Revere carried on that midnight ride over two hundred years ago rallied Americans in the fight for independence and brought fame to the courageous rider. However, few people who admire the equestrian statue of Revere know the name of the sculptor, Cyrus E. DaHin of Utah, or the facts of his half-century struggle to get Boston to fulfill its promises to erect his Revere statue. If his name has been forgotten, DaHin's work is known. His public monuments in major cities remind Americans of their national heritage. Mr. Francis is presently directing a Bicentennial program in fine arts for the city of Springville. This article is part of a forthcoming biography, Cyrus E. Dallin-Let Justice Be Done. |
