I know that the 4th of July has come and gone but I just had to share this cool photo with you. Acoording to the person that sent it to me:
This INCREDIBLE picture was taken in 1918. It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge, in Iowa.
FACTS:
Base to Shoulder: 150 feet
Right Arm: 340 feet
Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet
Right thumb: 35 feet
Thickest part of body: 29 feet
Left hand length: 30 feet
Face: 60 feet
Nose: 21 feet
Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet
Torch and flame combined: 980 feet
Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000
Number of men in torch: 2,800
Number of men in right arm: 1,200
Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000
Total men: 18,000
Yes – that really says eightteen THOUSAND men! Wow huh? So maybe I impress easily but I really love how he used different colored uniforms and hats vresus no hats etc to give the level of detai that this has on top of working out the distances and number of people needed to give the proper shape and perspective! Pretty cool stuff!
Ok that’s all for today .. ohhh except I have a playdate with my favorite 6 year old later so life is REALLY good today. 😀
