Blue Ash Bicentennial Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).

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Blue Ash Bicentennial Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).

Bradford, Ken, sculptor.

Foote, P. Gerald, architect.

Carson, Gary, designer.

CDS Engineers, engineering firm.

Schumacher Dugan Construction, contractor.

Foote, Elliot & Associates, architectural firm.

Unknown (Cleveland, Ohio), fabricator.

Blue Ash Bicentennial Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 25, 1991.

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Sculptures: bronze; Bases: polished pink granite; Markers: polished black granite; Plaza: paving brick.

Sculptures: each approx. 6 x 4 x 3 ft.; Bases: each approx. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.; Plaza: approx. H. 40 ft. x Diam. 100 ft.

(Top of each base:) DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE (war corresponding to the sculpture) unsigned

Eleven figures in period military uniforms are positioned around a plaza. Behind each figure is a bronze flagpole displaying a period flag. A Revolutionary War soldier advances with a musket and wears a pack on his back. A sailor from the War of 1812 stands amidst a ship's rigging. The Mexican War soldier crouches slightly with his gun while the Civil War infantryman stands straight with his rifle pointing downwards. A Spanish-American War soldier stands at parade rest, holding his gun to his proper right with the butt on the ground. Out of a World War I trench climbs a doughboy and a World War II sailor stands behind a railing, holding binoculars in his proper right hand. A Korean War jet pilot holds his helmet in his proper right hand. The Vietnam War soldier stands with his proper right foot on a log. He holds an assault rifle at waist-level and wears an open flak jacket. The Persian Gulf War is represented by two figures: a woman standing at attention with her rifle slung over her proper right shoulder and a pilot holding his helmet in his proper left hand and resting his proper right hand on the woman's proper left shoulder. Each war's sculpture has its own base. In the center of the plaza is a taller flagpole with a nine-sided marker with etchings of various veteran scenes and famous quotes at its base. The plaza is paved with inscribed bricks.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati

Administered by City of Blue Ash, Park and Recreation Department, 4343 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242

Located Blue Ash Towne Square, Cooper & Hunt Roads, Cincinnati, Ohio

The memorial was financed by the City of Blue Ash for $1.1 million to celebrate the Blue Ash Bicentennial. The memorial is dedicated by the people of Blue Ash to the veterans of all America's wars. IAS files contain transcriptions of nearby markers. IAS files contain related articles from The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 31, 1993, pg. B1, B3; The Cincinnati Post, June 11, 1991, pg. 1, 8. IAS files also contain a copy of the Dedication Ceremony brochure.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 31, 1993, Section B, pg. 1.

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.

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