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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Obelisk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
Sculpture
Memoria in Aeterna, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Memoria in Aeterna, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Jan. 1911.
Medium:
Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 50 ft.
Inscription:
(On front:) TO THE HONOR AND COURAGE/OF THE PATRIOTS OF THE/CONFEDERATE STATES/OF AMERICA,/THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED BY/TAMPA CHAPTER,/NO.113.U.D.C.,/AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA./JANUARY 1911./MEMORIA IN AETERNA. (On right side:) LEST/WE/FORGET (On left side:) UNITED IN/THE PAST;/ONE IN THE/FUTURE (On back:) NOT THEIRS THE RUSH OF MADDENED WRATH./THAT RECKLESS SUNDERED TIES OF BLOOD,/BUT HONORS' BEACON SHOWED THE PATH/WHERE DAUNTLESS DUTY STOOD./THROUGH FAMINE YEARS THE FOLLOWED FAR/WHERE HER UNSWERVING BANNERS LED./BEYOND HER GLORY'S FLAME-TIPPED STAR-/BEHIND HER-HONORS DEAD./THE YEARS THEIR SLOW PROCESSION KEEP,/THE BANNER BARRED WITH RED IS FURLED/BUT NOW ITS GRAY CLAD SOLDIERS SLEEP/THE HEROES OF A WORLD./SR. E. C. unsigned
Description:
Obelisk on a four-tiered base, with figures of Confederate soldiers standing on either side. Dates appear midway on the shaft on each side of the four-sided obelisk. A flag in relief is on one side of the obelisk between the figures.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Obelisk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Tampa
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Hillsborough County, Art in Public Places, P. O. Box 1110, Tampa, Florida 33602
Located Hillsborough County Courthouse, 419 Pierce Street, Tampa, Florida
Remarks:
Dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Tampa Chapter 113 and the citizens of Tampa. During World War II, the head of one of the figures was broken off and a replacement was obtained from Italy. IAS files include excerpts from publications which contain historic photographs including "The Treasure City-Tampa," "Tampa: a History of the City of Tampa and the Tampa Bay Area," by Karl Grismer, (St. Petersburg, FL, 1950, pg. 223); "Yesterday's Tampa Bay," (Miami: E. A. Seeman Pub., 1972) and "Tampa: a Pictoral History," pg. 75, both by Hampton Dunn.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Mormino, Gary R. and Tony Rizzo, "The Treasure City-Tampa," Tulsa, OK: Continental Heritage Press, 1983, pg. 60.
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 FL000205
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Inventory of American Sculpture
FL000205
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