{"id":824179,"date":"2026-07-26T03:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824179\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:43:14","slug":"the-modern-bronze-age-terre-haute-sculpture-tour-honors-city-history-fallen-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824179\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Modern Bronze Age\u201d: Terre Haute sculpture tour honors city history, fallen officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) &#8211; A special art tour and tribute event took place Saturday in downtown Terre Haute, exploring the city\u2019s history through local sculptor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.12pointspublicmarket.com\/bill-wolfe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.12pointspublicmarket.com\/bill-wolfe\">Bill Wolfe<\/a>\u2019s downtown statues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event began at the Vigo County Public Library before moving to six downtown sculptures, including the police statues outside of the Terre Haute Police Department. July marks the anniversaries of the deaths of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odmp.org\/officer\/reflections\/20895-police-officer-brent-daniel-long\/300\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.odmp.org\/officer\/reflections\/20895-police-officer-brent-daniel-long\/300\">Officer Brent Long<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odmp.org\/officer\/25357-detective-greg-ferency\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.odmp.org\/officer\/25357-detective-greg-ferency\">Detective Gregory Ferency<\/a>. Part of the tour honored their lives and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>Statues and the sculpting process<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Participants learned about the process behind the creation of each statue, including the 15-foot Larry Bird statue outside of the Hulman Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The tour was led by Terre Haute historian Dr. Crystal Reynolds, with sculptor Bill Wolfe appearing as a special guest.<\/p>\n<p>City history and summer reading<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cTerre Haute and Vigo County have an amazing history, a history of quality, diversity and compassion, and Bill\u2019s artwork, when he sculpts these amazing figures, it embodies this amazing Terre Haute,\u201d Reynolds said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event also tied into the <a href=\"https:\/\/vigolibrary.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/vigolibrary.org\/\">Vigo County Public Library<\/a>\u2019s summer reading theme, \u201cUnearth a Story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WTHI. 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