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    		• Marsden, Edith,
     
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    		• Kellogg Memorials,
     
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    		• Rock of Ages Corporation,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Knee length
     
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    		• Figure female -- Knee length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Mexico
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Veteran's Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Marsden, Edith, designer.
    Kellogg Memorials, design firm.
    Rock of Ages Corporation, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Veteran's Memorial), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Mexico Veteran's Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 11, 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Marker: regal grey granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Marker: approx. 54 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 28 1/4 x 14 in. (1,495 lbs.)
    Inscription: 
    ROCK OF AGES (On front face of marker:) IN/HONOR AND MEMORY/OF THOSE/WHO/SERVED AND DIED/IN/DEFENSE/OF/OUR COUNTRY/PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Granite marker featuring the sandblasted images of a male and female soldier. Each stands in profile; the male on the left and the female on the right, facing center. They wear uniforms and are depicted from the knees up. An American flag is etched at the top of the marker. The grey granite marker stands on a low granite base. The outer edges of the base are rough-hewn.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Knee length
    Figure female -- Knee length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Mexico
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Edick Hamlink VFW Post 369 and Auxiliary, Mexico, New York 13114
    Located Veteran's Memorial Field, Scenic Avenue, Mexico, New York
    Remarks: 
    Funds for the monument were raised through community donations. The monument was sponsored by VFW Auxiliary and Post 369 and carved from Rock of Ages Regal Gray Granite (Barre, Vermont). IAS files contain copy of related articles from Independent Mirror, Nov. 8, 1989 and Nov. 22, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Independent-Mirror, Nov. 22, 1989.
    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 NY001455
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