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Flag Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Schwab, Harvey, designer. Title:  Flag Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 14, 1927. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Plaque: bronze; Marker: granite. Dimensions:  Plaque: approx. 4 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 1/2 in.; Marker: approx. 7 ft. x 5 ft. x 29 in. Inscription:  (Plaque, in raised letters inside wreath:) 1777-1927/IN COMMEMOR-/ATION OF THE ONE/ HUNDRED AND FIF-/TIETH ANNIVERSARY/OF THE FLAG OF THE/UNITED STATES/OF AMERICA (Plaque, in raised letters below flag:) ERECTED BY THE PENNY CONTRIBUTIONS OF/ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND/ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE SCHOOL CHILDREN/OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY THROUGH THE PITTS-/BURGH CHRONICLE-TELEGRAPH UNDER THE AUS-/PICES OF THE AMERICAN FLAG DAY ASSOCIATION/DEDICATED -- JUNE 14 1927 unsigned Description:  Rough-cut arched marker composed of three stones; a bronze plaque with a wreath in upper portion and American flag in the central portion is installed on the front. Subject:  Object -- Other -- Flag Object -- Other -- Wreath Object -- Foliage Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Pittsburgh, Citiparks, Department of Public Works, 611 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 Located Schenley Park, Circuit Road & Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Planned by the Chronicle Telegraph and the American Flag Day Association for the sesquicentennial of the American Flag. 188,163 pennies were collected by public and parochial school children to cover the costs. References:  Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 195. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0206, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 250. 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 64480110   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64480110 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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