Past and Promise
Article last updated 09/12/2024
Pack Square
A girl in bronze drinks at a fountain. A simple moment, and perhaps for that reason, one of the trail's most cherished stations ~ called "Childhood" by sculptor James Barnhill. She represents both the promise of youth and the reminiscence of times past when children came to play in Pack Square; the freedom of discovery and the promise of accomplishment comfortably bound together.
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