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Pollia, Joseph P.,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Figure group -- Male
Dress -- Uniform
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Milford
Sculpture
World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Pollia
,
Joseph
P
.,
1893-1954
,
sculptor
.
Title:
World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1928.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 34 in. x 43 in.; Base: approx. 69 x 56 x 66 in.
Inscription:
(On plinth below soldier's proper left leg:) Jos.
Pollia
(On plaque on front face of base:) Our honored Dead/May Every Generation/of Young Americans Be Given/Power to Translate Their Lives In/Terms of Sacrifice For Mankind (Beneath this follows a list of Milford dead) (On east and west faces of base are plaques listing honor rolls of over 700 names of Milford service personnel) (On north face of base on a disc:) Erected/By The Town of/Milford In 1928 In/Grateful Recognition/of The Service of/Its Citizens Who/Served In The/World War signed
Description:
A soldier dressed in World War I era uniform standing on a low bronze plinth that rests on a two-stage granite base. The soldier is standing with his rifle resting over his proper right shoulder. Two helmets and a knapsack are carried on his back. On the front face of the base is a plaque featuring a relief of two servicemen in profile facing each other. One is a sailor, the other a soldier. In their proper right hands they each grasp the side of a wreath.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Figure group -- Male
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Milford
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Milford, Public Works, 83 Ford Street, Milford, Connecticut 06460
Located Adjacent to 110 River Street, in park in front of City Hall, Milford, Connecticut
Remarks:
The memorial was erected with town funds under the direction of American Legion Post 34. For related material see "Milford, Connecticut 1939-1989, a Fifty-Year Diary," History Supplement Committee of the 350th Anniversary Committee, 1989; also "A Guide to Milford's Military & Historic Monuments," the Korea-Vietnam Memorial Committee, 1986.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
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 CT000313
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000313
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