The humbling and inspiring world of #NurseStatues and some of the stories behind them.

This 5.5& #39; bronze sculpture of a nurse was created by Art Moses in 2001 and dedicated to the graduates of #SpringfieldHospitalNursingSchool in Springfield, MA.

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The Vietnam Women& #39;s Memorial dedicated in 1993 is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Washington Mall. The bronze statue by sculptor Glenna Goodacre depicts three women, one tending a wounded soldier, in honor of the 10,000 women who served in Vietnam.
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The Healing Touch, located at the Mayo/Fransciscan Clinic in LaCrosse, WI, was dedicated in 2014. It was carved in soapstone by a member of the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe in traditional style. (3)
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#Vancouver is perhaps city with the most #NurseStatues. In 1929, Joseph Francis Watson sculpted three 11-foot tall terra cotta statues of a nursing sister from WWI, known as #TheRheaSisters. Fiberglass replicas have graced three corners of a newer building there since 1989. (4)
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