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    		• Aitken, Robert,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Figure male
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Parris Island
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Monument to U. S. Marines, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Monument to U. S. Marines, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Marine Monument, (sculpture).
    Iron Mike, (sculpture).
    Monument to United States Marines, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1923. Dedicated July 25, 1924. Relocated 1941.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Stony Creek granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. ; Base: approx. 5 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 7 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper right bottom of sculpture:) AITKEN/FECIT (Rear, bottom of sculpture:) CAST BY ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y. (Front of base:) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PARRIS ISLAND/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Marine infantryman of World War I holds a handgun high in his proper left hand and a large machine gun over his proper right shoulder. He wears a helmet or hat, and there is another helmet by his feet on his proper left side. He has a canteen and gun holster on his proper right hip. Sculpture is mounted on a vertical rectangular base that sits upon a shorter, broader base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Occupation -- Military -- Marine
    Figure male
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Parris Island
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Marine Corps, Parris Island Museum, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina 29905
    Located Parris Island Marine Base, Traffic island at intersection of Boulevard de France & Santo Domingo Streets, Parris Island, South Carolina
    Remarks: 
    Memorial to the Marines of Parris Island who gave their lives in World War I. Erected by their fellow Marines. IAS files contain copy of newspaper article from The Boot (Parris Island, SC), Jan. 1977, written as an essay from the point of view of the figure in the sculpture, "Iron Mike."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1994.
    United States Marine Corps, 1989.
    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 64470002
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