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Ancestor's medal leads N. Cornwall man on quest to identify Lebanon County veterans of turn-of-the-century wars


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The article in question notes that Lebanon city records credit Allen George Newman of New York as the artist who sculpted the original statue, but further research showed the real sculptor was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson of Massachusetts. Both Newman and Kitson created statues called “The Hiker” to honor Spanish-American War veterans, and dozens of copies of both statues now dot the national landscape but Kitson, not Newman, was the artist behind the lonely soldier standing watch at 521 South 9th Street.
The city’s description of the statue further notes that 108 men from Lebanon County served in those turn-of-the-century wars. ....

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