This bronze statue stands before the Mohave County Courthouse, which was built in 1914. The statue commemorates the Kingman soldiers who died in a war that was being fought across the seas just as the building was dedicated. Two bronze figures stand upon the memorial. At the moment I made this image, one of the figures was in the morning light, while the other was in deep shadow. I built my image around the light that plays on the front of the soldier as he rushes towards his objective, his mouth open and his hand about to launch a grenade. I place the column of the courthouse directly behind his upraised arm, as if by his heroic actions, he is preserving his country’s traditions and institutions.