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Spanish American War Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Holm, Victor Sophus Joachim, 1876-1935, sculptor. Title:  Spanish American War Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Flagpole, (sculpture). Base of the Flagpole, (sculpture). Dates:  1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: limestone with bronze plaque; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. x Diam. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 80 in. Inscription:  VICTOR.S.HOLM.SC 1934 (On plaque on sculpture:) TO THE HONOR/OF THOSE WHO SERVED/THE UNITED STATES/IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN/THE/PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION/AND THE/CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION/1898-1902/ERECTED BY THE/DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI/AUXILIARIES OF THE UNITED/SPANISH WAR VETERANS/A.D. MCMXXXIV signed Description:  Three life-size allegorical figures representing Loyalty, Courage, and Victory encircle a cylindrical flagpole base. The figures of Loyalty and Courage are holding a commemorative plaque between them. The memorial is the base for a fifty foot flagstaff. Subject:  History -- United States -- Spanish American War History -- United States -- China Relief Expedition Figure group Allegory -- Quality -- Faith Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Allegory -- Other -- Triumph Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis Flagstaff Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of St. Louis, Board of Public Service, City Hall, Twelfth and Market Streets, St. Louis, Missouri 63103 Located Civil Courts Plaza, 12th Street between Chestnut & Market, St. Louis, Missouri Remarks:  Memorial to veterans of the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition. The memorial was donated by the United Spanish American War Veterans Auxiliaries. The sculpture cost: $7,000. IAS files contain copy of unpublished 1969 mayor's report, "Public Art - St. Louis." References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. SOS Assessment Award, 2000. 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 76000999   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76000999 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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