(Eagle Sculpture), (sculpture).

(Eagle Sculpture), (sculpture).

Jirouch, Frank Luis, 1878-1970, sculptor.

(Eagle Sculpture), (sculpture).

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Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 47 1/2 in. x 6 ft. 3/4 in. x 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 2 3/4 in.

(On back of sculpture:) JIROUCH 1938 (Incised on front of base:) CZECH/CULTURAL GARDEN/BOHEMIA MORAVIA/**SILESIA**/HOMELAND OF TEACHERS,/STATESMEN, MARTYRS/MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS/THIS GARDEN IS DEDICATED/TO OUR BELOVED CZECH/PARENTS WHO BY THEIR/TEACHINGS AND BY PRE-/CEPT AND EXAMPLE HAVE/ESTABLISHED FOR US A/HIGH IDEAL OF AMERICAN/CITIZENSHIP signed

Relief of two eagles flanking a shield on a plain stone pedestal. The eagles, facing each other, hold branches in their talons and embrace the shield with one of their wings. The remaining wings are folded.

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Ethnic -- Czech

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Located Rockefeller Park, Czech Cultural Garden, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio

For related reading, see "Their Paths are Peace," by Clara Lederer (Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, 1954).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.

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