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Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Century Monument Company, fabricator. Title:  Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Remember Pearl Harbor, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed March 27, 2001. Dedicated May 12, 2001. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Eagle: bronze; Shaft: ebony mist black granite and Barre grey granite. Dimensions:  Approx. 12 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (Front, apex of shaft:) AS THE EAGLE SOARS (Front, shaft:) IN MEMORY OF THOSE 2,403 GALLANT AMERICANS WHO PARISHED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY ON THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND OF OAHU DECEMBER 7, 1941 / A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY / "HE" BORE THEM UP ON EAGLES WINGS (Base, front:) REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR / DEDICATED BY THE PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS Description:  The memorial consists of a granite shaft topped by a bronze eagle with its wings spread. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War II Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Elwood Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420 Located Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, 27034 South Diagonal Road, Elwood, Illinois 60421 Remarks:  The memorial was erected by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association of Illinois in honor of those who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program and an article from the Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2001, pg. 3. References:  National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005. 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 68000001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 68000001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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