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    		• Eide, Jed,
     
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    		• Architecture Design Group, Inc.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- South Bend
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    St. Joseph County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Eide, Jed, architect.
    Architecture Design Group, Inc., architectural firm.
    Title: 
    St. Joseph County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1989. Dedicated Nov. 12, 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: black granite; Base: light and dark grey granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 11 ft. x 17 in. x 17 in.; Base: approx. 1 1/2 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. (9,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On dedication marker:) ST. JOSEPH COUNTY/VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL/THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED/IN REMEMBRANCE AND TRIBUTE TO/THOSE WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM/MAY THEIR COURAGE, HEROISM, AND/SACRIFICES NEVER BE FORGOTTEN./1989 (On plaques at each stone projection:) U.S. ARMY/U.S. NAVY/U.S. COAST GUARD/U.S. MARINES/U.S. AIR FORCE (Incised on map of Vietnam:) CHINA, HANOI, LAOS, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, SAIGON, VIETNAM/1961-1975 (On Saigon marker:) SAIGON/11,808 miles/19,002 km. unsigned
    Description: 
    Five radial stones project from a vertical, columnic central stone at an angle of fifty degrees. The central stone, which weighs 9,000 pounds, is rough-hewn at bottom and is progressively smoother until polished at top. Each represents a branch of the armed forces. The monument rests on a large star inscribed in a pentagon, which is formed from light and dark paving stones. Around the perimeter of the base are maps of North and South Vietnam, a mileage marker to Saigon and the dedication marker.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Vietnam War
    Object -- Weapon -- Ammunition
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- South Bend
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of South Bend, Parks Department, 301 South St. Louis Boulevard, Century Center, South Bend, Indiana 46617
    Located Howard Park, 219 South St. Louis Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana
    Remarks: 
    The monument was funded through private and public donations and cost $122,000. The designer suggests the sculpture depicts an exploding shell. In April 1992, a piece was broken off after being struck by a van and was repaired soon after. IAS files contain related articles from the South Bend Tribune, Nov. 12, 1989, pg. B, 1-2; and April 20, 1992, pg. A-1, and a copy of the blueprints for the memorial.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    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 IN001026
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