Four Freedoms Monument

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The Four Freedoms Monument was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and sculpted by Walter A. Russell in 1941, this beautiful statue was dedicated to Colin P. Kelly who was the first recognized hero of World War II.

The monument was dedicated in 1943 at Madison Square Garden in New York City before a crowd of 60,000. On June 14, 1944 the monument was re-dedicated in Colin P. Kelley's hometown of Madison, Florida with a speech by Governor Spessard Holland.

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