Save The Sailor

[Riverman]

Regarding the sailor statue downtown

http://www.savethesailor.com/

Please comment on the sailor

[TampaWest]

That statue is a piece that should be somewhere ELSE besides on 41/Gulfstream- nobody cares about it if they are under the age of 50- it's a WWII throwback- Sarasota has lots of history, but it's history is not steeped in 1946 for godsake- Sarasota, like most other communties must look FORWARD and not glorify 60 years ago ! that belongs in the appropriate museums, art galleries and history books, not in the middle of the bayfront of Sarasota- the City is not static and the City should not endorse the private donor to keep that dumb piece of 'art' on the bayfront ! Sarasota is NOT caught in the 1940's just because there are retirees here....in about 5 years, most of the last WWII residents are going to die....hell....there are Vietnam veterans, and Iraq Wr Veterans as well.....this symbolic statue which replicates photo taken at the end of WWII should be in NYC, where the original photo was TAKEN.....NOT in DOWNTOWN Sarasota Florida

[jim]

The statues of a sailor and nurse are mot only fine pieces of realistic art but represent the pure joy of victory over tyrany,welcome home from the just cause for freedom. I consider them sarasotas statue of liberty. If you go to saveasailor.com you will find a petition to keep them there where they are. Almost 3000 have signed so far.
they are a reminder that fighting together for our freedom is not only history but on going which any military man can tell you.we are proud of them for what they do to protect our liberties.

God be with our troops our troops

[on the beach]

the statue or friggen so-called 'art' needs to be in a museum,(or park) not on US 41 in downtown Sarasota ! that's really inappropriate