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    		• Schwartz, Al,
     
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    		• Joseph, Lynn,
     
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    		• Barton, Donna,
     
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    		• Rosenthal, Joe,
     
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    		• Manchester Memorial Company,
     
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    		• Sheidow Bronze Corporation,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gagnon, Rene
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Manchester
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    Rene Gagnon Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Schwartz, Al, sculptor.
    Joseph, Lynn, assistant.
    Barton, Donna, assistant.
    Rosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006, photographer. (copy after)
    Manchester Memorial Company, fabricator.
    Sheidow Bronze Corporation, founder.
    Title: 
    Rene Gagnon Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1995. Dedicated May 29, 1995.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Portrait: approx. 11 x 9 1/2 x 1 in.; Bronze plaque: approx. 24 x 48 x 2 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 7 ft. 10 in. x 15 in.
    Inscription: 
    (At top of plaque:) IN HONOR OF RENE GAGNON AND ALL THOSE FROM MANCHESTER/WHO ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL (Below portrait relief:) PFC. RENE A. GAGNON/2ND BN 28TH REG 5TH MARINE DIV/"DON'T GLORIFY WAR...THERE IS NO GLORY IN IT..."/RENE A. GAGNON (Between relief and picture:) MT. SURIBACHI IWO JIMA/FEBRUARY 23, 1945 (Below picture:) "ON IWO JIMA UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE." ADM. CHESTER NIMITZ unsigned
    Description: 
    A bas-relief portrait bust of Rene Gagnon on the left side of a bronze plaque. He is dressed in combat gear with open collar shirt and helmet strapped under his chin. On the right side of the plaque is a raised reproduction of the scene from Iwo Jima featuring five soldiers raising the United States flag on the rocks of Mt. Suribachi. The plaque is mounted on the front of a granite base which has an irregular shape to represent Mt. Suribachi.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Gagnon, Rene -- Bust
    History -- United States -- World War II
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Figure group -- Male
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Manchester
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Manchester, Parks & Recreation Department, 625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104
    Located Victory Park, Chestnut, Amherst, Pine & Concord Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    Gagnon was one of the five soldiers in the famous Joe Rosenthal photograph of the soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Lynn Joseph and Donna Barton drew the portrait of Gagnon which was sculpted by Schwartz. The monument was paid for through local fund-raising efforts led by Hubert McDonough, Don Duhamel and Ovide Lamontagne. The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day in honor of the 50th anniversary of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. IAS files contain copy of related articles from Manchester Union Leader, Feb. 21, May 20, 29 and 30, 1995. IAS files contain copies of related fund-raising material.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Manchester Union Leader, May 30, 1995.
    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 NH000465
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