This four-figured statue, rising twelve feet from the base to the tip of the flag, is the exhibit prepared to present the California National Guard at the (1939) California World’s Fair on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay.

The statue is the product of the artistry of Haig Patigian, famous San Francisco sculptor. Among his well known works are statues of Gen. Pershing and Helen Wills.

Seen in this picture are a Guardsman, left, and, at the right, an armored woman bearing sword and flag, representing ‘Patriotism.’

Completing the statue and not seen from this view are two other feminine figures: one, adult, in the rear, and the other, adolescent, to the fore. This portion of the statue has been termed ‘Humanity’ by the sculptor. Whereas the Junoesque figure of ‘Patriotism’ gazes bravely and fearlessly forward, head upraised, the adult of ‘Humanity’ looks tenderly and benignantly downward toward the bowed head of the sorrowful girl. One need not draw heavily on the imagination to see in this section of the statue a dispirited refugee afforded sympathetic sanctuary from calamity, war, or racial intolerance.

The fiqures of the statue are seven feet in height. The base is four feet high and three feet in diameter.

In the background is the base chapel. Camp San Luis Obispo, California.