Epcot American Adventure Statues Question

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VonSteuben

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So what I've wondered since I was young, the statues on either side of the American Adventure stage, the Spirits of Individualism, Innovation, Tomorrow, Independence, Compassion, Discovery, Freedom, Heritage, Pioneering, Knowledge, Self-Reliance and Adventure....Who are they? Some may say they are just symbols but I can't really believe that for some reason. Many of them look very familiar and I'm a history person but I'd bad at guessing who these people are based on statues...mainly because I never really worry too much about what historic figures look like.

So I've been trying to find this online but with no luck. Does anyone have a listing of who each figure is? It would be amazing if anyone could provide it.
 
EPCOT Explorer

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VonSteuben said:
So what I've wondered since I was young, the statues on either side of the American Adventure stage, the Spirits of Individualism, Innovation, Tomorrow, Independence, Compassion, Discovery, Freedom, Heritage, Pioneering, Knowledge, Self-Reliance and Adventure....Who are they? Some may say they are just symbols but I can't really believe that for some reason. Many of them look very familiar and I'm a history person but I'd bad at guessing who these people are based on statues...mainly because I never really worry too much about what historic figures look like.

So I've been trying to find this online but with no luck. Does anyone have a listing of who each figure is? It would be amazing if anyone could provide it.
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Hmm. Good question....Though a History Buff, I'm not sure if they are depictions of real people. I *think* they were just created to serve as a symbolic person for the trait mentioned. Might have read that somewhere, but if anyone disproves this, I'd me happy to know.:D
 
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VonSteuben

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one looks like a colonial governor, an african american scientist..(g.w. carver?) pilot (Lindbergh?), another may be jane addams or dorothy ...trying to picture them in my head...
 
EPCOTPluto

EPCOTPluto

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Then there's that one thing in which someone who worked in AA had her likeness created on one of the statues...

Can't exactly remember the details though.
 
Captain Hank

Captain Hank

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The WDW Library and Research Center only has this list of the statues:

Spirit of Adventure - Seaman

Spirit of Compassion - Doctor

Spirit of Discovery - Mountain Man

Spirit of Freedom - Pilgrim

Spirit of Heritage - Native American

Spirit of Independence - Colonial Soldier

Spirit of Individualism - Cowboy

Spirit of Innovation - Scientist

Spirit of Knowledge - Teacher

Spirit of Pioneering - Aviator

Spirit of Self-Reliance - Farmer

Spirit of Tomorrow - Woman and Child
 
Rob562

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The sailor statue for the Spirit of Adventure is based on the famous Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial in Gloucester, MA which honors all of the sailors from the town that had been lost at sea. (Gloucester's a big fishing town on the northern coast of Mass)

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There's a smaller, similar version of this statue near the Jaws attraction in Universal Studios.

That's the only one on the twelve in AA that I know for sure.

-Rob
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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EPCOTPluto said:
Then there's that one thing in which someone who worked in AA had her likeness created on one of the statues...

Can't exactly remember the details though.
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Everyone in WDI does that. :D


Horizons was populated with Imagineers. :lol:

Rob562 said:
The sailor statue for the Spirit of Adventure is based on the famous Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial in Gloucester, MA which honors all of the sailors from the town that had been lost at sea. (Gloucester's a big fishing town on the northern coast of Mass)

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There's a smaller, similar version of this statue near the Jaws attraction in Universal Studios.

That's the only one on the twelve in AA that I know for sure.

-Rob
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There's one in Tokyo DisneySEA, too, only with Mickey.
 
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gregorynbaker

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Sorry to bring back a dead thread, but I was thinking about the American Adventure Spirits of America Statues and who they might be based upon. I came up with the following list.

Individualism (Cowboy) = John Chisum - Famous Texas Cattle Baron, portrayed in film by John Wayne
Compassion (Doctor) = Rebecca Lee Crumpler - First African American Woman Doctor
Discovery (Mountain Man) = John Colter - member of Lewis and Clark's expedition
Innovation (Scientist) = George Washington Carver - well-known scientist and inventor of peanut products
Independence (Colonial Soldier) = Nathan Hale - Connecticut spy executed by British
Heritage (Native American) = Sacagawea - Shoshone guide to Lewis and Clark
Freedom (Pilgrim) = Myles Standish - Pilgrim leader and military adviser
Tomorrow (Woman and Child) = Nancy Kelsey and daughter - Pioneer woman famous for crossing Utah with child on her hip
Self-Reliance (Farmer) = Tom Joad - fictional protagonist of The Grapes of Wrath
Adventure (Seaman) = Clayton Morrissey - Gloucester fishing captain and model for the statue
Pioneering (Aviator) = Charles Lindbergh - 1st man to fly across Atlantic non-stop
Knowledge (Teacher) = Anne Sullivan - teacher famous for instructing Helen Keller, immortalized in The Miracle Worker

What do you think? All the historic figures resemble the statues, if not exactly. I am disappointed with Self-Reliance, since Joad is a fictional character.

Any feedback?
 
MarkTwain

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gregorynbaker said:
Sorry to bring back a dead thread, but I was thinking about the American Adventure Spirits of America Statues and who they might be based upon. I came up with the following list.

Individualism (Cowboy) = John Chisum - Famous Texas Cattle Baron, portrayed in film by John Wayne
Compassion (Doctor) = Rebecca Lee Crumpler - First African American Woman Doctor
Discovery (Mountain Man) = John Colter - member of Lewis and Clark's expedition
Innovation (Scientist) = George Washington Carver - well-known scientist and inventor of peanut products
Independence (Colonial Soldier) = Nathan Hale - Connecticut spy executed by British
Heritage (Native American) = Sacagawea - Shoshone guide to Lewis and Clark
Freedom (Pilgrim) = Myles Standish - Pilgrim leader and military adviser
Tomorrow (Woman and Child) = Nancy Kelsey and daughter - Pioneer woman famous for crossing Utah with child on her hip
Self-Reliance (Farmer) = Tom Joad - fictional protagonist of The Grapes of Wrath
Adventure (Seaman) = Clayton Morrissey - Gloucester fishing captain and model for the statue
Pioneering (Aviator) = Charles Lindbergh - 1st man to fly across Atlantic non-stop
Knowledge (Teacher) = Anne Sullivan - teacher famous for instructing Helen Keller, immortalized in The Miracle Worker

What do you think? All the historic figures resemble the statues, if not exactly. I am disappointed with Self-Reliance, since Joad is a fictional character.

Any feedback?
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You are now my hero.

- MarkTwain (ultimate American Adventure fan) = Mark Twain
 
pintraderpayee

pintraderpayee

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The farmer is not based on a fictional character, but on the imagineer's father. Imagineer and sculptor, Blaine Gibson, used his father, a farmer, as the model. Most of the time imagineers are not allowed to sign their work, so they find other ways to make it personal.


Proud parent of a Spring Advantage CPCM:sohappy:
 
Mad Stitch

Mad Stitch

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^ Wow, I like those. There’s an idea for a new product. Make 6-12 inch versions of those. I’d buy them and line them up in my bookcase.
 

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