Charles E. Bennett Statue
William F. Duffy (2004)
Homage made in bronze, this life-size statue of Florida’s longest serving congressman stands erect in Hemming Plaza and faces in the direction of Washington. Mr. Bennett had few requests for his depiction, one of them being the inclusion of the U.S motto “In God We Trust” a quote found on all U.S currency and an act of legislation Bennett helped sponsor.
William F. Duffy is an acclaimed sculptor of public and private collection. “As an artist, I have become keenly aware of the importance of public art amenities. I reject the notion that sculpture is a decorative afterthought in a public place, believing instead that art and its surroundings are part of an organic whole with multiple layers of meaning.”
~William F. Duffy
Hemming Park
