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World War I Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Niehaus, Charles Henry, 1855-1935, sculptor. Title:  World War I Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Embarkation and Debarkation, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Memorial Day 1922. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 4 ft. 1/2 in. x 4 ft. 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 12 x 8 ft. Inscription:  (On right edge of bronze base: artist's signature) (On front of base:) To perpetuate the glorious/memory of our citizen soldiery/who willingly sacrificed their lives/that civilization might not perish/we pledge our unfaltering purpose/to up hold forever the principles/for which they fought and died/John J. Pershing/General U.S. Army (On base: names of those who died in World War I) signed Description:  A bronze sculpture depicting a World War I Doughboy and a Marine walking side by side with a young girl and a small bulldog beside them. The young girl holding a doll and a noise maker reaches up to touch the Marine who places his proper right hand on her shoulders. He holds a bouquet of flowers in his proper left hand. The Doughboy waves his hat in his raised proper right hand and carries his overcoat over his proper left arm. A bulldog is seated by his proper left foot. On the ground behind the two soldiers is a cluster of oak leaves and a helmet. The sculpture rests atop a rectangular base adorned with winged female figures on either side. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War I Figure group Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Figure female -- Child Animal -- Dog -- Bulldog Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Hoboken Sculpture Owner:  Located, Elysian Park, 10th & 11th Streets, Hoboken, New Jersey Remarks:  IAS files contain a short excerpt from a Hoboken Walking Tour Map. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. 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 76007317   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007317 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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