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Minster, Norm,
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Sheboygan
Stele
Sculpture
Sheboygan County War Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Minster, Norm, sculptor.
Title:
Sheboygan County War Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast white marble and Georgia black granite; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 40 x 100 x 15 ft.
Inscription:
(Before memorial, on front of wall:) SHEBOYGAN COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL (White marker in center of memorial, in script:) Veterans of Foreign Wars/of the/
United
States
/Founded 1899/(VFW emblem)/Sheboygan Falls/Daane-Gallagher Post 10383 (Center black granite marker, under archway:) "THOSE WHO HAVE LONG ENJOYED SUCH/PRIVILEGES AS WE ENJOY, FORGET IN/TIME THAT MEN HAVE DIED TO WIN THEM."/FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT/DEC. 15, 1941/DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE/MEN AND WOMEN OF SHEBOYGAN/COUNTY WHO HAVE MADE THE SUPREME/SACRIFICE IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION./A TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THOSE/HOSTILITIES DEEMED NECESSARY FOR CITIZENS TO BEAR/ARMS IN THE PRESERVATION OF OUR MANY FREEDOMS./CIVIL WAR/SPANISH AMERICAN WAR/WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II/KOREAN WAR/VIETNAM WAR/LEBANON
GRENADA
PANAMA DESERT STORM (Remaining black granite markers under archways: lists of names)
Description:
A war memorial consisting of seven arches linked in a semicircle, with a black granite marker centered under each archway. The markers commemorate soldiers who died in the following: Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Lebanon,
Grenada
, Panama, and Desert Storm. Each black granite marker is lit by a recessed spotlight in the foundation before it. There is a white VFW marker in the center of the plaza flanked by three flagpoles, with four benches on the plaza's rim. A walkway leads up to the memorial, with a long, short, brick-flanked wall before it.
Subject:
History
--
United
States
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Civil War
History
--
United
States
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World War I
History
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United
States
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World War II
History
--
United
States
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Korean War
History
--
United
States
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Vietnam War
History
--
United
States
--
Grenada
History
--
United
States
--
Panama
History
--
United
States
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Lebanon
History
--
United
States
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Persian Gulf War
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Wisconsin
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Sheboygan
Stele
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Sheboygan County, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081
Located South of John M. Kohler Memorial Drive, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Remarks:
The white marble used in the memorial came from Advance Cast Stone (Random Lake, Wisconsin).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin 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 WI000442
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