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    World War Roll of Honor, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Liberty Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    World War Roll of Honor, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast ca. 1919. Dedicated 1920.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 35 1/2 x 25 x 1 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    LIBERTY BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (On plaque, below relief:) ROLL OF HONOR/GREENFIELD N.H./1914-WORLD WAR-1918/(followed by 15 names)/"THESE GALLANT MEN OF OUR ARMED/FORCES HAVE FOUGHT FOR THE IDEALS/WHICH THEY KNEW TO BE THE IDEALS OF/THEIR COUNTRY"/Woodrow Wilson (in script) 1918 Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bronze memorial plaque featuring a bas-relief artillery scene at the top of the plaque. The relief depicts three cannon being tended by soldiers; the cannon face right and are in a line which recedes into the distance. Five soldiers are preparing the nearest cannon; a wounded soldier lies on the ground in front of it. Seven soldiers work on the center cannon and two soldiers work on the distant one. The scene is set in a wooded area. Along the top of the plaque is a high relief of an eagle with outspread wings. The bird is flanked by two draped flags. The plaque is attached to the side of a building.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object -- Weapon -- Cannon
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Greenfield
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Greenfield, P. O. Box 256, Greenfield, New Hampshire 03047
    Located Stephenson Memorial Library, Forest Road, P. O. Box 127, Greenfield, New Hampshire
    Remarks: 
    The plaque was dedicated Memorial Day, 1920. Cost of the plaque was $162.50. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from "Annual Reports of the Town Officers of Greenfield, NH for the Year Ending January 31, 1920", pg. 18.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Hopkins, Doris E., "Greenfield, New Hampshire the Story of a Town", Greenfield: 1977, pg. 166.
    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 NH000512
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