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Holdingford's Soldiers' Shrine, (sculpture). Artist:  Winkelman, Gilbert, designer. Feia, Donald, contractor. Feia, Edward, contractor. Title:  Holdingford's Soldiers' Shrine, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 6, 1942. Medium:  Walls: fieldstone; Figures: concrete. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 22 x 42 x 18 ft. Description:  Landscaped shrine consists of a triangular walled area with urns and rock planters and a parallel pair of walls. Four angels with trumpets stand on the lower, longer wall. A figure of Christ stands in the center of a higher, shorter wall, with a dozen small flags and crosses arranged before it on a forward wall. Small sheep and lambs stand between the triangular area and straight wall. There is a flagpole in the center of the triangular flowerbed. Subject:  History -- United States -- Military history Religion -- New Testament -- Christ Religion -- Angel Animal -- Sheep Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Holdingford Flagstaff Sculpture Owner:  St. Hedwig's Church, Holdingford, Minnesota Remarks:  Located on a lot opposite St. Hedwig's Church, the shrine was initiated by Rev. John Komolicki, then the Church's pastor. It was designed by Rev. Gilbert Winkelman, architect. Edward and Donald Feia built the walls, with fieldstone donated by local farmers. Plaques along the walls gave the names of servicemen. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Monumental Minnesota," by Moira Harris (Pogo Press, 1992), pg. 82. For further reading see the St. Cloud Daily Times Sept. 8, 1942. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000505   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000505 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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