DescriptionRutgers William the Silent statue base as long as he lived inscription.jpg
English: Inscription on the granite base (left side) of a bronze statue of William the Silent on Rutgers University's Voorhees Mall in New Brunswick, New Jersey
READS:
AS LONG AS HE LIVED
HE WAS THE GUIDING STAR
OF A WHOLE BRAVE NATION
AND WHEN HE DIED THE
LITTLE CHILDREN CRIED
Image part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, IAS NJ000364
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