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Cee Jay Frederick Associates,
Fredericks, Cee Jay,
History -- United States
Architecture
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Annville
Sculpture
Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Cee Jay Frederick Associates, architectural firm.
Fredericks, Cee Jay, architect.
Title:
Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 7, 2001.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 107 ft. x 85 ft. x 360 ft.
Description:
A large stone structure symbolizing a "roofless church" containing rows of trees, benches, fountains, and inscription plaques, where veterans and their families can come to reflect on past wars. The open design of the structure is reminiscent of the ruins in a war zone, and is a symbolic reference to the break in the lives of those who serve during a war, and the families left behind at home.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Military history
Architecture
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Annville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420
Located Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, RR #2, Box 484, Annville, Pennsylvania 17008
Remarks:
The monument was designed by Cee Jay Fredericks and his staff for the Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial Commission competition in 1989. The cost of the memorial was nearly six million dollars. The memorial honors Pennsylvania veterans of all wars. IAS files contain a copy of an article from the West Chester Daily Local News, Nov. 7, 2002; and except from "The Veterans' Review (Jan. 2002).
References:
National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005.
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 68000019
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Inventory of American Sculpture
68000019
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