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Millett, Lewis Lee, Jr.,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
State of Being -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Riverside
Sculpture
National Prisoner of War / Missing in Action Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Millett, Lewis Lee, Jr., sculptor.
Title:
National Prisoner of War / Missing in Action Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 16, 2005.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Stele: black granite.
Inscription:
(On black granite stele, left side, in raised letters:) NATIONAL/ POW / MIA / MEMORIAL (On black granite stele, right side, incised:) WE HONOR HER THE SACRIFICE OF HUNDREDS OF /THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS HELD PRISONER OF WAR,/ AND THOSE STILL LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION SINCE/ THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. SOME DIED/ FROM DISEASE AND STARVATIONS, SOME PERISHED IN/ DEATH MARCHES, SOME WERE TORTURED, AND SOME/ WERE LOST, GONE FOREVER FROM THEIR FAMILIES...ALL /WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTIES SO THAT YOU MAY ENJOY YOURS. // THIS MONUMENT DECLARED AS /THE NATIONAL/ PRISONER OF WAR/ MISSING IN ACTION/ MEMORIAL/ BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH/DECEMBER 10, 2004
Description:
A larger-than-life size bronze figure of a captured American serviceman kneeling, with his hands bound around a pole across his back, and his head turned to face the sky. The figure is surrounded by nine granite steles, two bearing inscriptions dedicated to prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action. The memorial is installed in the center of a circular stone plaza.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Military history
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Riverside
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420
Located Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, California 92518
Remarks:
The memorial was erected by the Riverside National Cemetery Support Committee in honor of all prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action from all wars. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program, articles from the North Country Times (California), Sept. 15, 2005 and Sept. 16, 2005, and copies of early promotion materials for the memorial.
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 68000046
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
68000046
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