Fifty-six years ago, when Bostonians wished to erect a statue of Silversmith Paul Revere, the prize-winning model was turned in by a 22-year-old, Utah-born student named Cyrus E. Dallin, who beat such experts as Daniel Chester French.
Then because of historical inaccuracies in the model another contest was held. Student Dallin won a second time. But a campaign for funds to have the statue cast was stalled by newspaper criticism.
Student Dallin went to Paris, remained for nearly 50 years—without forgetting Paul Revere. Returning to Boston in 1935, he approached trustees of a fund dedicated to "public blessings." The trustees dallied with Mr....
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