The 2024 People’s Choice in the Salina Sculpture Tour program “Going Home” by Sondra Johnson, will have a permanent home at the Saline County War Memorial in Sunset Park.

On Monday at the Salina City Commission Meeting commissioners approved the establishment of the sculpture in Sunset Park.

Arts Services Coordinator Crystal Hammerschmidt said the sculpture will bring exposure to neighborhoods that are not as exposed to art in the city. She said the artwork will be elevated higher.

According to the sculptor Sondra Johnson, the artwork illustrates the last journey of one of America’s finest sons. “Although the figure carrying the fallen soldier to Heaven is angelic, she is also the symbol of God’s great love and mighty power—power that conquers even death.”

The date for the establishment was not announced.

Photos from https://sljonsonstudios.com/sculptures/military-sculptures/veterans-and-fallen-soldier-memorial-small-figure