Sheboygan County War Memorial, (sculpture).

Sheboygan County War Memorial, (sculpture).

Minster, Norm, sculptor.

Sheboygan County War Memorial, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: cast white marble and Georgia black granite; Foundation: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 40 x 100 x 15 ft.

(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)

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.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

History -- United States -- Grenada

History -- United States -- Panama

History -- United States -- Lebanon

History -- United States -- Persian Gulf War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Sheboygan

Administered by Sheboygan County, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081

Located South of John M. Kohler Memorial Drive, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

The white marble used in the memorial came from Advance Cast Stone (Random Lake, Wisconsin).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1995.

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