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Friedrich Hecker Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Fettweis, Leopold, sculptor. Title:  Friedrich Hecker Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Friedrick Hecker Monument, (sculpture). General Frederich Hecker Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1883. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: limestone or white marble; Base: gray granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 48 x 30 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 16 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (Base, front:) IN MEMORIAM/BY HIS/CINCINNATI FRIENDS./1883 (Base, south side:) Mit/Wort und That/fuer/Volksfreiheit/in/alten und neuen/Vaterlande. (Base, east side:) 1848/1861 (Base, north side:) He lived and died/a true patriot,/able statesman,/good citizen, and/noble character Description:  Portrait of Friedrich Hecker dressed in a heavy coat with wide lapels. He has a full beard and moustache. The bust rests on a tall base on top of a three-stepped base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hecker, Friedrich -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Ethnic -- German Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Park Board, 950 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Located Washington Park, West side, near 1225 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Remarks:  Friedrich Hecker (1811-1881) was a German nationalist who fought to establish a German republic during the 1848 revolution. When the revolution failed, Hecker came to the United States. After landing in New York, he traveled to Cincinnati where he founded the nation's first Turner Society. In 1960, Hecker supported the 9th Ohio Volunteer Regiment which was made up of Cincinnati's Germans, many of whom were Turner Society members. When the Civil War broke out, Hecker joined as a private, but quickly rose to the rank of brigadier general. The translation for the German text on the base is: With word and deed for the freedom of people in the old and new fatherlands. The monument has been moved from its former location within Washington Park where it was surrounded by a low, cast-iron fence. The Cincinnati Park Board's "Art in the Park," gives the sculpture media as limestone and the SOS! survey gives the media as white marble. IAS files contain related excerpts from John Clubbe's "Cincinnati Observed," Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1992, pg. 256 and Robert J. Wimberg's "Cincinnati: Over the Rhine," cincinnati: The Ohio Book Store, 1987, pg. 40, 44. References:  Cincinnati Park Board, "Art in the Park," Cincinnati, OH, n.d. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1993. 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 71500191   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500191 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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