The Eagle - Rhode Island Bicentennial
Local artist Gail Whitsitt-Lynch received a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in 1976 to create this statue in commemoration of Rhode Island’s bicentennial. She made the eagle with the ferrocement method, which uses equal amounts of metal and cement. The eagle is covered with marble dust, which gives it a sparkly appearance. Many new United States citizens have had their photos taken with The Eagle over the years!
