A statue for Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

There is currently no statue of the famed author and Civil War veteran, neither in his home state of Indiana, his long-time home of San Francisco, nor his presumed resting place of Northern Mexico.

Bierce deserves better than that.

To contribute to a life-size commemorative statue of the man (which will be crafted by a famous sculptor of Civil War art), to be placed at the point of his last sighting on the bank of the Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas, you may either:

send a check in any amount, made payable to 'Proofmark' and noted for the 'Bierce Fund', to
Proofmark, Post Office Box 200334, Austin, Texas 78720

or

select any quantity [one item equaling one dollar] of the 'Ambrose Bierce Statue Fund' item on our Order page,
which will charge your credit card for that amount.
(e.g., ordering 23 of the Statue Fund will debit your card in the amount of US$23.00)

Either way, your contribution will be placed in an escrow account until the statue is ready to be constructed. Your name will be inscribed on the base of the statue (unless you notify us that you would rather your donation be made anonymously) to signify your contribution to preserving the memory of Bierce and his role in American literary history.

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