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Original – Monument to Benedict Arnold's injured foot at Saratoga National Historical Park
Reason
This is a unique war memorial commemorating a proverbial "He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named" in American society: Benedict Arnold. The monument takes its name from various version of the following story: When Benedict Arnold was leading the forces of the King against his former compatriots in Virginia, among his prisoners was a certain plucky and witty officer, who, in answer to Arnold's question, "What will the Americans do with me if they catch me?" replied, "They will cut off the leg which was wounded when you were fighting so gloriously for the cause of liberty, and bury it with the honors of war, and hang the rest of your body on a gibbet." As a unique memorial to a war hero I thought I would nominate this here and see if anyone else thought it would make a good FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Boot Monument, Benedict Arnold ,Battles of Saratoga
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Americasroof

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:46, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]