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Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Danhires, George, 1942- , sculptor. Bennett, Ron, 1941- , designer. Middleton, John Robert, designer. Dumont, Ed, designer. Mellon Stuart Construction, contractor. Title:  Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Nov. 11, 1987. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 50 x 25 x 25 ft. Inscription:  (Inner circle on the ground:) GRANT US PEACE XIN BUNS BINH ANCHO CHUNG TOI unsigned Description:  Large gazebo structure under which a young African-American soldier walks toward an older African-American woman standing on the other side of the gazebo. Nearby stands a small family grouping consisting of a father wearing a military uniform and a woman holding a young boy on her proper left side. The young boy reaches out to his father who extends his arms to pick up the boy. Subject:  History -- United States -- Vietnam War Figure group -- Family Ethnic -- African American Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Pittsburgh, Citiparks, Department of Public Works, 611 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 19222 Located Three Rivers Stadium, 400 Stadium Circle, Gateway Clipper Fleet Entrance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 Remarks:  Inscription on nearby plaque reads: Welcome Home/Welcome home to proud men and women/We begin now to fulfill promises/To remember the past/To look to the future/We begin now to complete the final process/Not to make political statements/Not to offer explanations/Not to debate realities/Monuments are erected so that the future might remember the past/Warriors die and live and die/Let the Historians answer the political questions/Those who served - served/Those who gave all - live in our hearts/Those who are left - continue to give/As long as we remember -/There is still some love left./T. J. McGarvey. Another nearby plaque lists names of the Allegheny County Vietnam Veterans Monument Committee members. (The names can be read on the photograph of the plaque in the Inventory image files.) Ron Bennett was the design consultant and John Robert Middleton and Ed Dumont were designers on the project. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA000236   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000236 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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