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Figure -- Fragment
Disaster -- Storm
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Plainfield
Sculpture
Plainfield Tornado Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Plainfield Tornado Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Aug. 28, 1991.
Medium:
Marble and granite with bronze plaques.
Dimensions:
Irregular shape: approx. 8 ft. x 7 1/2 ft. x 10 in.
Inscription:
(Front:) "Life is a gift. And gifts are never to be/taken for granted. Life is God's gift to us."/Most Rev. Joseph Imesch/Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet/AT 3:30 PM ON AUGUST 28, 1990, A TORNADO SWEPT/THROUGH THIS AREA, CUTTING A TWELVE-MILE PATH OF/DESTRUCTION. THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE 29 PEOPLE/WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF TORNADO-RELATED INJURIES./WE MISS THEM AND CHERISH THEIR MEMORIES./(List of people who died) (Bronze plaque lower front:) TORNADO MEMORIAL/SPONSORED BY/JOLIET/WILL COUNTY/PROJECT PRIDE (Back:) THOUSANDS OF/VOLUNTEERS CAME FORWARD/AFTER THE TORNADO AND HELPED/THIS AREA WITH ITS IMMEDIATE/NEEDS AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY./WE SALUTE THEIR SPIRIT WITH/THIS MEMORIAL. WE WILL BE/ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR/THEIR HELPING HANDS. (Back below inscribed map:) The/tornado's/path of/destruction,/August 28, 1990.
Description:
A triangular-shaped marble slab with a rounded top. Memorial is set on a raw granite piece which tapers in slightly at the bottom. One side of the triangle has a relief of two hands shaking and the other side depicts a map of tornado's path of destruction.
Subject:
Figure -- Fragment -- Hand
Disaster -- Storm -- Tornado
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Plainfield
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Plainfield School District, 100 West Ottawa Street, Plainfield, Illinois 60544
Located Ft. Beggs Drive, West of Route 59 at Pratt Street, Plainfield, Illinois 60544
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 IL000432
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