Memorial Triangle, (sculpture).

Memorial Triangle, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Memorial Triangle, (sculpture).

1953. Rededicated 1984.

Sculpture: concrete, painted, and metal; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. H. 3 ft. 6 in. x W. 2 ft. 3 in. x Diam. 6 ft. 11 in.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. x W. 7 ft. 6 in. x L. 8 ft. 6 in.

(On plaque on left side of sculpture:) In Memory of all Union County Men and Women who have given their lives & time in services of the Country (On plaque on right side of sculpture, raised letters:) CLAYTON GARDEN CLUB MEMORIAL/THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/UNION COUNTY/WORLD WAR I/(List of names)/WORLD WAR II/(List of names)/KOREAN WAR/(List of names)/VIET-NAM WAR/(List of names) signed

A white three-sided memorial with a flat top surmounted by a sundial. The sculpture is placed atop a low three-sided base with rounded corners.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Clayton

Administered by City of Clayton, 1 Chestnut Street, Clayton, New Mexico 88415

Located Main & Monroe & Railroad, Clayton, New Mexico

The sculpture honors those men from Union County who gave their lives during the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The sculpture was designed by the Clayton Garden Club and was presented by them during a Veteran's Day program in 1953. The Farmers and Stockmens Bank, the First National Bank, the local post of Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, Jim Hass and Isabelle Aragon Beard assisted the Club with the financing the plaque that was installed at the sculpture's rededication. IAS files contain a related article from the Union County Leader, Nov. 1984.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.

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