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    		• Canales, Joe,
     
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    		• Dixie Granite Company,
     
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    		• Unknown (Salisbury, North Carolina),
     
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    		• Southern Granite Company,
     
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    		• Argo,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (World War II Statue), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Canales, Joe, sculptor.
    Dixie Granite Company, fabricator.
    Unknown (Salisbury, North Carolina), fabricator.
    Southern Granite Company, contractor.
    Argo, contractor.
    Title: 
    (World War II Statue), (sculpture).
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Statue: pink granite; Base: Elberton blue granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Statue: approx. 80 x 18 x 32 in.; Base: approx. 90 x 40 x 52 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left:) SPONSORED BY V.F.W POST 5456/1964 (Lower front of base, raised:) IN MEMORY OF ALL/ELBERT COUNTIAN'S WHO/GAVE THEIR LIFE IN THE/SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY unsigned
    Description: 
    A World War II soldier stands in combat uniform, wearing a strapped helmet, laced boots, and a canteen and a rifle slung over his proper left shoulder. He stands on a rocky formation with his proper right knee raised and his hand resting on it. The statue is mounted on a tall, pedestal-like, multiplaned base with a two-tiered, inscribed lower section.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War II
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Elbert County, South Oliver Street, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the Southern Granite Company, and Argo. Fabricated by the Dixie Granite Company and a company in Salisbury, NC. Given to the county in 1964. The statue may have been designed and fabricated for someone outside the county, but because the legs broke when it was made, the fabricators may have donated it through the VFW to the county. Some controversy has surrounded the statue because it is not made of Elberton Granite; and, because it may insult World War II veterans because the canteen is depicted on the wrong side of the soldier.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1993.
    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 GA000277
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