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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Weymouth
Sculpture
Korean War Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Korean War Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Weymouth Korean War Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 24, 1993.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 9 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base, center:) TOWN OF WEYMOUTH/KOREAN WAR/MEMORIAL/IN MEMORY OF/ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN/WHO SERVED DURING/THE KOREAN WAR/1950-1955 (On front, side panels: lists of names) (On back of base, center:) KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL (On back, left panel:) A MONUMENT FOR THE KOREAN VETERANS/BUILT OF A PEOPLE'S LOVE/BLAYONED DECHED AND PANOPLIED(sic)/WITH THE HEARTS YOU BUILT IT/HIGHT IN POSE AS THE SOULDS OF THOSE/IT WOULD COMMEMORATE (On back, right panel:) IT WAS NOT EVEN CALLED A WAR/FOR MANY YEARS. ALTHOUGH MORE/THAN 40,000 AMERICANS DIED AND/MORE ARTILLERY ROUNDS WERE FIRED/THAN IN ALL OF WORLD WAR II unsigned
Description:
A figure of a Korean War soldier stands atop a rectangular granite base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Korean War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Weymouth
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Weymouth, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Located Jackson Square, Commercial Street, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The memorial honors those from Weymouth who served during the Korean War.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 MA000992
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000992
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