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P R E S S R E L E A S E CONTACT: Mike Newman, President Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial P.O. Box 11055 College Station, Texas 77842 Members of the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial Board
of Directors and City of College Station Parks and Recreation Department visited the studio of J. Payne Lara recently to view the prototype for “Liberty or Death.” LYNN STUART PATHWAY
SCULPTURE COMMISSIONED “Liberty or Death” The Board of Directors of the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial has commissioned noted Navasota artist J. Payne Lara to create the first of eighteen
planned sculptures to be located along the newly completed LYNN STUART PATHWAY. The Board approved the design at their meeting on March 10, 2010, and authorized the artist to proceed
with the bronze casting. Mr. Lara is talented local artist who has a deep appreciation of historical figures. He is excited about the challenges and potential to create this important
addition to the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial site. His works are located throughout Bryan and College Station and include the striking Civil War memorial sculpture in Anderson, Texas.
The sculpture, Liberty or Death, is a historically accurate depiction of a Revolutionary War era Continental soldier. The sculpture brings to life a typical soldier of this critical
era in our nation’s history. The life size figure is depicted in the act of reloading his musket while advancing to the fight. The determination in his face as well as the movement of
the body is clearly demonstrated in this unique work of art. 1st. 2010 Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial Officers Chairman Emeritus Al Jones MG, USA (Ret.) Chairman Emeritus Travis Small
COL, USA (Ret.) President Mike Newman CAPT, USN (Ret.) Vice-President Randolph House LG, USA (Ret Vice-President Fain McDougal Treasurer Michael Beal Secretary Brian Hilton SFC., USA
(Ret Chief Information Officer Anne Boykin Website: www.bvvm.org April 6, 2010
determination in his face as well as the movement of the body is clearly demonstrated in this unique work of art. This sculpture will be dedicated July 1st. It will be the first memorial
to a specific war along the new one-half mile scenic pathway which surrounds the original Veterans Memorial. Additional memorials are planned for each of the seventeen principal United
States wars and the War for Texas Independence. The vision of the Board is to complete all eighteen memorials before the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States in
2026. Funding for these statues and sites is by tax-free donation. For more information about the Lynn Stuart Pathway and the Memorial for all Veterans of the Brazos Valley, Inc., please
call 979.450.3296 or E-mail: info@bvvm.org. ### J. Payne Lara, of Navasota, stands near the prototype of “Liberty or Death.”