no1tovote4
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fuzzykitten99 said:If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm
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http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usamhi...graphies/animals/Horses/equestrianstatues.doc
I hate to tell you this one... This one is a romantic urban myth... Two sources confirm that there is no actual relation to hooves and the type of death of a soldier...
Also added to the myth, if the soldier is standing beside the horse the horse died in the battle.
It is however a vocational standard, but all statues are not made specifically by those who are by vocation statue makers...