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    		• Dixon, Gene,
     
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    		• Jones, Dick,
     
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    		• Jones, Rick,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Emblem -- Military Insignia
     
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    		• State of Being -- Other
     
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    		• Figure -- Head
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Harlan
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Dixon, Gene, sculptor.
    Jones, Dick, designer.
    Jones, Rick, designer.
    Title: 
    Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 22, 1992.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: marble and black granite; Base: granite. (9 tons).
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 6 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 11 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of sculpture:) VETERANS POW.MIA MEMORIAL/(circular profile bust)/YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN/IN HONOR AND/MEMORY OF ALL/PRISONERS OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION/IN HONOR AND/MEMORY OF ALL/MEN AND WOMEN/WHO DIED WHILE/SERVING THEIR/COUNTRY (Upper front of base, incised:) IN MEMORY OF ALL WHO SERVED/DEDICATED MAY 22 1992 unsigned
    Description: 
    A memorial consisting of three rectangular, upright sections, the two side sections of which support two horizontal pieces. A globe is on top of the center section with an eagle with outstretched wings on top of it. On the center section beneath the globe is, in a circle, a proper right profile bust of a figure, perhaps of a soldier or POW., with what may be a prison tower in the background. The horizontal pieces, the center section, and the globe are made of black granite, and all, except the globe, have inscriptions. The side sections have three military seals apiece on them, including those for the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Maritime Service. The sculpture is mounted upon a stepped, four-tiered base with inscriptions.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Military history
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Emblem -- Military Insignia
    State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment
    Figure -- Head
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Harlan
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Harlan, 711 Durant Street, City Hall, Harlan, Iowa 51537
    Located Shelby County Courthouse, Court Street, Harlan, Iowa
    Remarks: 
    Gene Dixon sculpted the eagle for the monument. The Shelby County Board of Supervisors formed a nine member committee for the design of the monument, with the $15,000 cost raised through donations and fundraisers. Two members of the committee, Dick Jones and his son Rick Jones, were the engravers and designers of the monument. IAS files contain three related articles.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1996.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS IA000241
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