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Lest We Forget Again, (sculpture). Artist:  Batts, Bernard, d. 1988, sculptor. Title:  Lest We Forget Again, (sculpture). Dates:  1947.; Dedicated May 30, 1947. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast stone on a concrete base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 17 x 84 x 34 in.; Base: approx. 23 1/2 x 91 x 38 3/4 in. Inscription:  (Bronze plaque, base front:) LEST WE/FORGET AGAIN (Bronze plaque base rear:) ERECTED By VFW POST 6293 SCULPTED BY BERNARD (JACK) BATTS MAY 30th, 1947 COPPER/BOX WHICH WAS FILLED BY THE WILL COUNTY COMMITTEE/OF THE signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Fallen World War II soldier lying face down on the ground. Title of piece taken from Rudyard Kipling's poem The Recessional. Subject:  History -- United States -- World War II Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Literature -- Kipling Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Johnson City Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of Johnson City, Public Building Commission, 57 West Jefferson Street, Johnson City, Illinois 62951 Coadministered by Johnson City Veteran of Foreign Wars Post, Chicago Street & Jefferson Street, Court House, Johnson City, Illinois 62951 Located Johnson City Park, West Broadway & Main, Johnson City, Illinois 62951 Remarks:  IAS files contain copies of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Nov. 2, 1964, a 1986 Memorial Day program booklet, and an unidentified newspaper article, May 31, 1972, discussing the piece in connection with a Memorial Day celebration. The memorial was funded by Johnson City Veterans of Foreign Wars. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992. 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 IL000395   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000395 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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