Honor Guard Sculpture
Details:
On the northeast side of the American Air Museum.
The Honor Guard, designed by award-winning sculptor Zenos Frudakis, comprises four bronze figures. Two are flag-bearers – one holding an eight-foot-tall US flag, the other an Air Force flag, while the remaining two figures are weapons bearers. The sculpture is a replica – the only one outside the USA - of the sculpture standing at the National Air Force Memorial in Washington DC. An information panel is available nearby which contains further information about the sculpture.
Source of information: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk, www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk
Source of photos: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register
Monument Text:
Information panel:
Honor Guard Sculpture
The Honor Guard was designed by award-winning sculptor, Zenos
Frudakis. It depicts the Colors Flight of the United States Air Force
Honor Guard.
The United States Honor Guard is the official ceremonial unit of the United States
Air Force. Its mission is to represent US Airmen to the American public and the world.
The Colors Flight displays and guards the American Flag, the US Air Force flag and flags
of visiting countries at Air Force and other events.
The eight foot (2.4m) bronze figures in the sculpture reflect the diversity in the US military
observed by Frudakis. It is composed, from left to right, of one Caucasian man, one
African-American man, one Hispanic man and one Caucasian woman. The two central
figures are flag bearers; one holding the US flag and the other an Air Force flag complete
with battle streamers that represent every campaign the US Air Force has taken part in.
The two other figures are the weapons bearers who guard the flags.
The sculpture is a version of the original Honor Guard created by Zenos Frudakis for the
National Air Force Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial honours the millions of
men and women who have served in the United States Air Force and its predecessors.
The Honor Guard was generously donated to the American Air Museum and the Imperial
War Museum by Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.
