Hiking Highlight
Recommended by Veronika 2020
Location: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
The Russell A. Alger Memorial Fountain stands on the east side of Grand Circus Park. The monument features a bronze statue of a woman about 7 feet tall wearing a headdress and a flowing gown and carrying a sword and a shield that bears the state seal. Her right hand is raised in greeting. She is the bronze personification of the state of Michigan.Alger is depicted on the memorial on a bas relief on the granite pedestal, surrounded by laurel. Lion heads on the pedestal spit out water. The base of the memorial is inscribed "Russell A. Alger -- Soldier -- Statesman Citizen -- 1836-1907."
historicdetroit.org/buildings/russell-a-alger-memorial-fountain
May 20, 2025
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