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History -- United States
Object -- Foliage
Emblem
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Leavenworth
Sculpture
Memorial 1917-1918, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Memorial 1917-1918, (sculpture).
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete studded with colored pebbles, and a gun (?); Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 14 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of sculpture:) 1917 DEDICATED 1919/TO THE/MEMORY OF OUR BOYS/WHO MADE/THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/IN THE WORLD WAR (Plaques on other three sides list names) unsigned
Description:
Multi-tiered pillar with four sides, each side having a niche featuring military insignia. Around the bottom of the pillar are wreaths and flags. All these images are formed by colored stones set into the pillar. An acacia bush set on top of the pillar may be formed around a World War I gun. The pillar also mounts inscribed plaques.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Object -- Foliage -- Acacia
Emblem
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Leavenworth
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Leavenworth County, Public Works, 4th & Walnut, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048
Located Leavenworth County Courthouse, 4th Street, between Walnut & Custer, Leavenworth, Kansas
Remarks:
Made by a local resident in honor of World War I veterans.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994.
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 KS000250
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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