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Soldiers Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Neidhart Marble Works, fabricator. Title:  Soldiers Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1903. Dedicated July 11, 1903. Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: stone. Inscription:  (Front of base, raised:) 1903/ERECTED BY HECKATHORN POST No. 47/DEP'T OF NEBRASKA GAR/IN MEMORY OF ALL SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF JOHNSON COUNTY unsigned Description:  Standing male figure of soldier wearing Civil War uniform. Figure stands at ease with both hands holding barrel of rifle. There is a wreath around his proper right wrist. He stands by a tree stump on his proper left side and his proper left foot is forward. He has a canteen on his proper left shoulder. The base is multi-tiered with ornamental edging. Halfway up each side of base is a bronze relief: medallion and eagle with 5-pointed star on south face; canteen and satchel on west face; 2 crossing rifles with bayonets on north face; and 2 crossing swords with wreath on east face. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Weapon -- Bayonet Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object -- Other -- Wreath Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Medallion Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Tecumseh Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Johnson County, Veteran Services, Johnson County Courthouse, P. O. Box 416, Tecumseh, Nebraska 68450 Located Johnson County Courthouse, Tecumseh, Nebraska Remarks:  Funded by the Heckathorn GAR post, private contributions, and Johnson County, Nebraska. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NE7002, 1989. Monumental News, May 1903, pg. 322. 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 NE000040   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NE000040 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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