{"id":187,"date":"2023-05-11T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T19:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/?p=187"},"modified":"2023-07-20T15:07:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:07:36","slug":"the-bulldog-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/2023\/05\/the-bulldog-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bulldog Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-bulldog-monument\">The Bulldog Monument<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"width:100%; height:300px; position:relative;\" class=\"cspm_linear_gradient_bg\"><div class=\"cspm_zoom_container\"><div class=\"cspm_zoom_in_187 cspm_map_btn cspm_zoom_in_control cspm_bg_rgb_hover cspm_border_shadow cspm_border_top_radius\" title=\"Zoom in\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cspm_svg cspm_svg_white\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/plugins\/codespacing-progress-map\/img\/svg\/addition-sign.svg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"cspm_zoom_out_187 cspm_map_btn cspm_zoom_out_control cspm_bg_rgb_hover cspm_border_shadow cspm_border_bottom_radius\" title=\"Zoom out\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cspm_svg cspm_svg_white\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/plugins\/codespacing-progress-map\/img\/svg\/minus-sign.svg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"codespacing_progress_map_light_187\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/Bulldog_Statue_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Bulldog Monument\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/Bulldog_Statue_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/Bulldog_Statue_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/Bulldog_Statue_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/Bulldog_Statue_2-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/Bulldog_Statue_2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/our-campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/Bulldog_Statue_2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bulldog Monument is a memorial dedicated to Maj. Sam M. Savas, Jr., 1951, who died in Vietnam in October 1965. He also served as a Citadel tactical officer from 1962 to 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a cadet and while in service to The Citadel, Savas so inspired cadets that upon his death, cadet members of the Society of American Engineers erected the monument in his honor in 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monument also contains a bronze plaque in memory of Savas\u2019s son, Lt. Sam M. Savas, III, a naval aviator and member of the Class of 1979, who died in service to his country in October 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bulldog Monument is made from brass belt buckles, waist plates and breast plates contributed by cadets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bulldog Monument is a memorial dedicated to Maj. Sam M. Savas, Jr., 1951, who died in Vietnam in October 1965. 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