Today is #StatueFriday, a challenge by 
@erikah
My statue is of a man who lived along the banks of the Rock River. The US government snookered his tribe with a treaty which forced them off their farm land in Illinois and sent them west of the Mississippi River. After being forced to leave, they did not have time to plant crops and store food and after a particularly harsh winter, with many people starving,the 65 yr old Blackhawk brought many of his tribe back to their land in Illinois , where they knew they could successfully grow food.
That was the start of the Blackhawk War. The battles claimed about 70 U.S. troops and militiamen as well as settlers. An estimated 500 Sac and Fox were killed.
This 40-foot statue of Chief Black Hawk by Lorado Taft stands on the bluffs above the Rock River at Lowden State Park in Oregon, Illinois, about an hours drive down river from where I live.
These are the days and the categories
for the #sevendaysoutside challenge.
#WindowMonday – Windows
#DoorTuesday – Doors
#RustArtWednesday – Rust
#GateThursday – Gates
#StatueFriday – Statues
#BrickSaturday – Bricks (bricks only, no pavement elements or cobblestones please)
#StreetlampSunday – Street Lamps
Make sure you write a description of the photo you are posting. Share as much details as you can, like where that statue is placed (in a park, at a museum), what it represents etc. Make it enjoyable.
Use the #sevendaysoutside tag along with the daily tag and tag me,
Goes without saying that you can only use your own photos. No paintings, no drawings, no digital art please! There is no prize here, this is just for fun.
Here is the link for this week's Shadow Contest
Laundry Shadows-Round 38
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