The Boy and the Man by Paul Granlund
Also known as the Charles Lindbergh Memorial, “The Boy and the Man” by Paul Granlund is a life size bronze sculpture created in 1985 that sits on the Minnesota Capitol lawn. It depicts Lindbergh, who grew up on a farm near Little Falls, Minn., as a boy dreaming of flying and as a man seeing that dream become reality.
The adult version of Lindbergh feels a bit too forced and aggrandizing for me (what’s up with that mid-step pose?), but I do like the playfulness of the child version of Lindbergh. It kind of makes you want to run across the open lawn with your arms spread like an airplane, too.
