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    		• Loester, Julius C.,
     
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    		• Keck, Charles,
     
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    		• Eagle Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Jno. Williams, Inc.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Mount Vernon
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Spanish American War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Loester, Julius C., sculptor.
    Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.
    Eagle Bronze Works, founder.
    Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.
    Title: 
    Spanish American War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned ca. 1926. Dedicated June 14, 1927. Rededicated June 25, 1927. Relocated Aug. 1, 1973.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Westerly granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 97 x 62 x 62 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base, front, lower right corner:) THE EAGLE BRONZE WORKS, INC./MT. VERNON, N.Y. (Incised on USS Maine relief, lower right corner:) (copyright symbol:) C KECK Sc/1913 Cast by/Jno. Williams Inc./N.Y. (On plaque on base, front:) TO OUR/SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/IN THE/WAR WITH SPAIN/AND THE/PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION/1898-1899/IN YOUTHS HIGH ZEAL THEY MADE/ANOTHER'S CAUSE THEIR OWN KNEW/WAITING CAMPS THE SEA AND OTHER/LANDS BATTLE AND DEATH THAT/FREEDOM MIGHT HAVE A WIDER MEANING/AND JUSTICE AS A COMMON RIGHT/ERECTED BY THE/CITIZENS OF MOUNT VERNON/14 JUNE MCMXXVII (On USS Maine relief:) IN MEMORIAM/U.S.S. MAINE/DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR/FEBRUARY 15TH 1898/THIS TABLET CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE U.S.S. MAINE unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a uniformed Spanish American War soldiers stands on a rough-hewn pedestal and base. Uniform items include a wide-brimmed hat, boots, cartridge belt, canteen and bayonet. He holds his rifle at readiness in front of him. A rectangular tablet affixed to the left face of the pedestal features a relief a battle scene and an allegorical female figure. She stands in profile holding a large medallion on her proper left side. The medallion has an eagle and a shield and the words PATRIOTISM and DEVOTION. The figure's proper right arm is outstretched and her head is lowered. In the background is an image of the U.S.S. Maine sinking in the Havana Harbor. A palm frond frames the left side of the relief. The inscription appears on the left side of the tablet. A relief emblem of the City of Mount Vernon Seal is affixed to the right face of the pedestal.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Spanish American War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Architecture -- Boat -- U.S.S. Maine
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Mount Vernon
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Mount Vernon, Department of Public Works, Roosevelt Square, City Hall, Mount Vernon, New York 10550
    Located Hartley Park, Corner of Gramatan & East Lincoln Avenues, Mount Vernon, New York
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the City of Mount Vernon under the auspices of the William R. Carmer Camp No. 8, United Spanish War Veterans. Charles Keck sculpted the relief on the base which was cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine. Vermont Quarries donated the granite for the base. The foundation was built by the Mount Vernon Department of Public Works. The final cost was $6,000 which was raised through popular donation. Although the Camp received permission from the City Board of Aldermen to erect a memorial in March 1912, the movement to do so was not initiated until May 1926. The sculpture was dedicated in a small ceremony June 14, 1927. The larger ceremony was postponed to June 25 so that it would not conflict with the celebrations of the return of Charles Lindbergh from his transatlantic solo flight. Monsignor Chidwick, chaplain aboard the U.S.S. Maine, was the guest speaker. The sculpture originally stood at MacArthur Circle at Gramatan & Lincoln Avenues. It was moved to Hartley Park in 1973. For related reading, see the Daily Argus (Mount Vernon, NY), April 22, 1939; Feb. 16, 1949; Feb. 5, 1953; Aug. 4, 1960, and May 25, 1981. IAS files contains a related article from the Daily Argus, Aug. 14, 1947.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001931
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