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National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Kaskey, Raymond, 1943- , sculptor. Buckley, Davis, architect. Title:  National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Police Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Lion sculptures: bronze. Dimensions:  Lions: approx. 70 x 35 x 118 in.; Cubs: approx. 25 x 37 x 64 in. Inscription:  R.O. Kaskey / (West wall, front of left lion:) THE WICKED FLEE/WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH/BUT THE RIGHTEOUS/ARE BOLD AS A LION/proverbs 28:1 (West wall, front of right lion:) IT IS NOT HOW/THESE OFFICERS DIED/THAT MADE THEM HEROES/IT IS HOW THEY LIVED/VIVIAN ENEY SURVIVOR (East wall, front of right lion:) CARVED ON THESE WALLS/IS THE STORY OF AMERICA/ A CONTINUING QUEST TO PRESERVE/BOTH DEMOCRACY AND DECENCY/AND TO PROTECT A NATIONAL TREASURE/THAT WE CALL THE AMERICAN DREAM/President George Bush (West wall, front of left lion:) IN VALOR/THERE IS HOPE/TACITUS signed Description:  Two sculptures each depicting a female lion protecting her cubs are perched on the memorial's wall, one on each side of the entrance. On the opposite wall are two sculptures each depicting a male lion watching the female and cubs. The memorial's walls are inscribed with the more than 13,500 officers who have been killed in the line of duty since 1794. The lions represent the strength, courage, and valor of law enforcement officers and they symbolize the protective role of law officers. The memorial itself covers three acres and is landscaped with trees which line the pathway along the memorial's wall. Subject:  Animal -- Lion Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 605 E Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20004 Located E Street, between 4th & 5th Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  The memorial was established and is now managed through the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. New names are added to the memorial's wall each year in May during National Police Week. Architect Davis Buckley designed the memorial and sculptor, Raymond Kaskey created the two lion sculptures. He modeled his lions at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. References:  IAS staff, 1992. Washingtonian (Jan. 1992): pg. 56-57. Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund brochure, 1991. Illustration:  Washingtonian (Jan. 1992): pg. 56. 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 71500320   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500320 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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