This sculpture, titled Minuteman, captures a revolutionary-era colonial guardsman in authentic dress and in proper stance, ready to protect his nation. This sculpture was commissioned by the Rotary Club and a couple other organizations, and was originally done in wood, which decayed, and so the bronze edition was later created. Bradford Rhea so badly wanted to have everything look natural and realistic, and in an effort to do so, he actually purchased the jacket, the three-point hat, the rifle, and even had a friend dress up in the costume, so he could see the folds in the boots, and creases in the hat and jacket.

The bronze sculpture process is a fairly complex one, but it consists of the sculptor initially created was is called a metal armature, which is covered in foam, and later covered in clay. From there Bradford brought everything to a foundry and they mold each detail, each piece, tons of separate molds he recalled made up this particular piece, and they are each cast separately and then welded back together. Bradford considers the welders and tradesmen at the foundry artists themselves as they did an incredible job polishing each weld mark and connecting each cast to build this sculpture.

Here is poem Bradford wrote for the Minuteman:
Among the forests of dreams and men,
Some trees of freedom stand;
and from their roots soldiers emerge,
To march throughout the land.