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    		• Brewster, George Thomas,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• State of Being -- Evil
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Emblem -- Caduceus
     
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    		• Emblem -- Military Insignia
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    U.S. Army Ambulance Service Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brewster, George Thomas, 1862-1943, sculptor.
    Title: 
    U.S. Army Ambulance Service Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    USAAC Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1927. Relocated 1961.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Circular memorial: stone; Rough-hewn marker: stone with bronze relief.
    Dimensions: 
    2 pieces. Circular sculpture: approx. 3 1/2 x 9 x 9 ft.; Rough-hewn marker: approx. 8 ft. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 9 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Circular sculpture: incised around top of central element:) DEDICATED TO THE USAACS SONS & DAUGHTERS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II (On plaques, clockwise from north axis, plaque 1:) IN MEMORIAM/WILLIAM B. O'BRIEN/PAST NAT'L COMMANDER/PAST EDITOR/BOSTON (Plaque 2:) IN MEMORIAM/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/IN WORLD WAR II/THE USAACS (Plaque 3:) IN MEMORIAM/WILBUR P. HUNTER/NATIONAL ADJUTANT/PHILADELPHIA USAAC/CLUB (Plaque 4:) IN MEMORIAM/WILLIAM R. BEST/NATIONAL COMMANDER/NEW YORK USAAC/CLUB.
    (Rough-hewn marker, around emblem:) U. S. ARMY AMBULANCE SERVICE ASSOCIATION (On plaque, below relief:) TO THE MEMORY OF/THE USAACS/TRAINED AT CAMP CRANE/TO SERVE WITH THE FRENCH/AND ITALIAN ARMIES/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE WORLD WAR/"IN A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE THEY HAVE WON/IMMORTAL GLORY AND HAVE NOBLY SERVED/THEIR NATION IN SERVING MANKIND."/WOODROW WILSON/THIS MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN/1927 unsigned
    Description: 
    Two part memorial in Veterans' Square to United State Army Ambulance Service. The first part consists of a central, circular form from which four rectangular arms bearing incised military images emanate. The whole work stands on a low, round base. On the ends of each rectangular arm are commemorative plaques and incised images of a pair of eagles. An emblem consisting of a caduceus topped by an eagle is incised in four places on the central form, between each pair of arms. From the left side of the north arm going clockwise, the incised military images depict soldiers marching behind a tank, soldiers riding in an amphibious craft, soldiers raising a flag on a rocky surface, a nurse taking a patient's pulse, a large boat, soldiers running off a boat and onto land and parachuted soldiers jumping from an airplane.
    The second part is a rough-hewn marker which stands on a low, rough-hewn base. There are three flags carved in relief on the face of the stone. An American flag is flanked by two other flags. A relief plaque is installed on center face of the stone, concealing most of the flags' poles. The relief on the plaque shows a Model-T style ambulance flanked by groups of soldiers. The group on the left is loading a stretcher into the ambulance. The group on the right is running with weapons drawn. The relief is framed with a leaf and berry pattern and small round seals in each corner contain a rooster or lion.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Military history
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Ambulance
    State of Being -- Evil -- War
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane
    Architecture -- Boat
    Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear
    Emblem -- Caduceus
    Emblem -- Military Insignia
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Allentown, Parks Department, 2700 Parkway Boulevard, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104
    Located West Park 16th Street between Linden & Turner Streets, Veterans Plaza, Allentown, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The memorial was originally installed on the Allentown Fairgrounds, which was the former site of Camp Crane. Camp Crane was established in 1917 as a pre-embarkation camp for United States Army Ambulance Service volunteers. The memorial was moved to its current site in 1961.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001267
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