Two statues by famed artist Raymond Kaskey, the designer of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC are featured in front of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in downtown Santa Ana! I couldn't believe it. I was walking around the art district downtown and stumbled upon these beautiful statues. Raymond Kaskey is responsible for most of the beautiful statues you see in cities on the East Coast. I knew his work from living in Charlotte, North Carolina where his works are prominently displayed in the down town square. These are the only works by Mr. Kaskey in the lower Western United States. The only other west-coast statue is Portlandia in Portland Oregon. Portlandia is second largest bronze statue in the United States, the first being the Statue of Liberty. Just think, Los Angeles doesn't have them, San Francisco, nor San Diego, but downtown Santa Ana!
