This statue was erected in February 1991 to honor the enlisted men who served in the Southwest during the Apache Wars in the 1870s and 1880s. It was cast in bronze by Desert Crucible, Inc., of Tucson. One and one-half times life-size, it stands fourteen feet high and weighs 3,000 pounds. The uniform and equipment represent Army regulation of 1884.
Each dawn the man and steed of bronze
Stand fast where traffic flows,
Near the gates of Old fort Lowell
Where the Army's pride still shows.
In tribute to both man and steed
They face toward the west;
and those who served it best.
As desert storms bring swirling dust
When day is almost done;
He patiently awaits the dawn
And the summer's blazing sun.
Proud citizens of Tucson
And many tourists who pass by
Now relive a part of history
As they gaze toward the sky.
He still performs his duties
In the heat and driving rain,
A rigid mounted trumpeter
Sending notes across a plain.
The notes of reveille and paycall
Stir thoughts of running feet;
Many other calls soon follow
Before he sounds retreat.
With the Catalina Mountains
Towering high above his head,
His final call is loud and clear,
Taps – in honor of the dead.
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Virtual Rewards 4.0 - 2024-2025
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