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(Avoyelles Parish Veteran's Monument), (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, Snell, sculptor. Barbry, Earl J., Sr., designer. Native American Art, founder. Title:  (Avoyelles Parish Veteran's Monument), (sculpture). Dates:  May 1996. Dedicated July 4, 1996. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft. x W. 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 7 ft. Inscription:  (On nurse's proper right hip, incised: description of piece and artist's signature) Snell Johnson (On plaque on base, raised:) In honor of the/veterans of Avoyelles Parish./To our brave/sons and daughters who/honorably and selflessly/served to defend our country./Because of you,/we live free./We salute you.../We thank you.../We praise your/noble contributions. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Sculpture depicts three male soldiers in uniform and a female nurse. Two of the soldiers are standing and holding their rifles. The soldier in the background holds his rifle in his proper right hand and his proper left hand grasps a flagpole. Flagpole has a flag and an eagle on top with its wings outspread. The second soldier stands in front of the flagpole and holds his rifle in his proper left hand. In the foreground the third soldier reclines on a rock-like formation. A rifle rests against the rocks at his proper right side. A nurse sits facing the soldier on the ground, her legs bend at knee and tuck under. Her upraised proper right hand holds an object. Possibly a water jug, rests by her proper left side on the ground. The ethnicities represented are, a Native American, an Anglo-Saxon, and African American. Subject:  History -- United States -- Military history Figure group Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Other -- Flag Ethnic -- African American Ethnic -- Indian Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object -- Other -- Container Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Marksville Flagstaff Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Avoyelles Veterans Memorial Association, P. O. Box 305, Marksville, Louisiana 71351 Located Grand Casino Avoyelles, Highway 1 & Lemoine Road, Southwest corner of grounds, Marksville, Louisiana References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996. 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 LA000292   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture LA000292 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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