What is the largest bronze statue in the USA and where is it?

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What is the largest bronze statue in the USA and where is it?

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Last updated Jan 29 2022.

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Felix De Weldon's 100-tonne Iwo Jima Monument, located near Arlington National Cemetery in Rosslyn, Virginia. The memorial is dedicated to all personnel of the U.S. Marine Corps who have died in the defense of the United States since 1775.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_de_Weldon

Jan 03 2004, 1:21 PM

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Answer 1

Here's a page making a claim for the Praying Hands sculpture at Oral Roberts University:

60 feet tall and weighing 30 tons, the Praying Hands Monument was cast in Juarex, [sic] Mexico in 1980 as the largest bronze sculpture in the world.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11895
Wikipedia says:

A 60 ft (18.2 m), 30 ton sculpture called Praying Hands (reportedly the largest bronze structure in the United States) which had originally stood in front of the complex was moved to the nearby campus entrance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts_University

Finally, the City of El Paso held a grand ceremony to unveil a 18 ton and 34 foot tall statue on April 21, 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_O%C3%B1ate
Bottom line: that ORU sculpture, based of course on a sketch of Albrecht Durer's, could be the largest bronze statue in the United States.

Answer 2

"The Trail Drive" seems to top the others.

"In November 1992 Summers began work on the largest contiguous bronze monument in North America. [It] covers four acres in downtown Dallas and is located at the Dallas Convention Center."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Summers_%28artist%29#Major_Works

Here's a picture of the Las Vegas lion, most likely runner-up.

http://www.duntemann.com/bronzelion.jpg

Answer 3

The MGM Grand Lion at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, is the largest bronze statue in the Western Hemisphere
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 4/11/2008 8:07:29 PM
Waymark Code: WM3JE6

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm3JE6_LARGEST_Bronze_Statue_in_the_Western_Hemisphere

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