A statue of Col. Henry Steel Olcott, a U.S. civil-war veteran who helped revive Buddhism in Sri Lanka i nthe late 1800s during British colonial rule.

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A statue of Col. Henry Steel Olcott, a U.S. civil-war veteran who helped revive Buddhism in Sri Lanka i nthe late 1800s during British colonial rule, was dedicated Sept. 10 by members of the Sri Lankan and local Buddhist communities in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya, (fifth from right) and Sri Lankan United Nation’s Representative Palitha Kohona (fifth from the left) with local dignitaries and Sri Lankan community members during the dedication of a statue of Col. Henry Steel Olcott in Princeton, New Jersey.