Monument to Immigrants, (sculpture).

Monument to Immigrants, (sculpture).

Zora, Domenico, sculptor.

Monument to Immigrants, (sculpture).

Vito Biondo Memorial, (sculpture).

July 25, 1987. Dedicated April 2, 1988.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. 2 in. x W. 4 ft. 9 in.

(Lower, front and middle:) D. Zora (Plaques on base:) (Plaque 1:) DEDICATED JOINTLY BY THE CITIES/OF WARREN AND TERRASIN, ITALY/TO ALL THE IMMIGRANTS OF THE WORLD./WARREN, MICHIGAN APRIL 2, 1988/(left column:) Ronald Bonkowski/Mayor/(right column:) Vittorio E. Orlando/Sindaco. (Plaque 2:) THE REPLICA OF THE WORK OF/PROF. DOMENICO ZORA, INAUGURATED IN TERRASINI ON JULY 25, 1987 AND/DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JERRY/GRILLO WHO WAS BORN IN TERRASINI/ON MAY 4, 1935 AND DIED IN DETROIT /ON OCTOBER 23, 1986. AS A SYMBOL/OF THE ITALIAN WORKERS ABROAD./Warren, Michigan/April 2, 1988 (Plaque 3:) THE MONUMENT IS DONATED TO THE/CITY OF WARREN BY THE COMMITTEE/OF THE MAYOR'S OF THE CITIES OF THE/GULF OF CASTELLAMMARE I ALCAMO, BALESTRATE,/BORGETTO, CALATAFIMI, CAPACI, CARINI,/CASTELLAMMARE DEL GOLFO, CINISI GIARDINELLO/MONTELEPRE, PARTINICO, SAN GIUSEPPE JATO,/SAN VITO LO CAPO, TERRASINI AND TRAPPETO I/AND WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF UTA AND VINCE/DI LORENZO IN MEMORY OF THEIR FATHER/MR. VITO BIONDO, WHO DIED IN MT. CLEMENS,/MICHIGAN ON JANUARY 17, 1987/Warren, Michigan/April 2, 1988. signed

A kneeling woman holds a disk in her lap with her proper right arm, her face turned in proper left profile. Her proper left arm rests on her thigh. The sculpture is mounted on a pyramidal base.

History -- United States -- Immigration

Homage -- Grillo, Jerry

Homage -- Biondi, Vito

Occupation -- Labor

Ethnic -- Italian

Figure female -- Full length

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Warren

Located In front of Police Headquarters, Warren, Michigan

Sculpture is a replica of the work of Professor Domenico Zora, and was inaugurated in Terrasini, Italy on July 25, 1987. It was dedicated jointly by the cities of Warren, Michigan, and Terrasini to all immigrants of the world. It is in memory of Jerry Grillo (1935-1986), who was born in Terrasini and died in Detroit, as a symbol of all Italian workers abroad. The sculpture was donated to Warren by the Mayors of the following cities: Gulf of Castellammare i Alcamo, Balestrate, Borgetto, Calatafimi, Capaci, Carnini, Castellammare del Golfo, Cinisi Giardinello, Montelepre, Partinico, San Guiseppe Jato, San Vito Lo Capo, Terrasini and Trappeto I. Uta and Vince di Lorenzo also contributed to the sculpture in memory of their father, Mr. Vito Biondo.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.

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