War Memorial, (sculpture).

War Memorial, (sculpture).

Heber, Carl Augustus, 1874/75-1956, sculptor.

War Memorial, (sculpture).

Cast ca. 1919 or 1920.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 11 ft. x 68 in. x 55 in.

(On bronze plaque on front of base:) "AND YE THE BRAVE, THE FALLEN IN THE FIGHT/HAD YE NOT PERISHED. THEN WERE HONOR DEAD."/(List of names follows) (On lower front of base, incised:) "ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF ROCKLAND/COUNTY IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION/OF THE NOBLE SACRIFICE OF THESE/SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN IN THIS THAT/A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (On bronze plaque on back of base:) "FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST,/THOUSANDS LAY AT REST/TO PROVIDE AN EVERLASTING PEACE/FOR THE WORLD/IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES TO THIS END/WORLD WAR II/NO GREATER LOVE CAN BE SHOWN THAN/WHEN MEN AND WOMEN SO LIVE AND DIE/THAT THEIR FRIENDS MAY BE FREE...AND/THE FAMES (sic) THAT BURN IN THEIR MEMORIES/CALL US TO NOBLER DEEDS TO HELP/MAKE GENTLE THE LIFE OF THE WORLD/1941-1945 (On bronze plaque on lower back of base:) "IN MEMORIAM/GILBERT FONTAINE/TATIANA DEES/OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/1990-1991"

(On plaque on side of base:) "WE THE PEOPLE OF/ROCKLAND COUNTY/THANK OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ANSWERED/THE CALL AGAINST AGGRESSION DURING THE/KOREAN CONFLICT/I AM CERTAIN THAT/HOWEVER GREAT THE HARDSHIPS/AND THE TRIALS/WHICH LOOM AHEAD, OUR AMERICA/WILL ENDURE AND THE/CAUSE OF FREEDOM/WILL TRIUMPH/1950-1955 (On plaque on other side of base:) "IN APPRECIATION FROM THE PEOPLE OF/ROCKLAND COUNTY/TO THOSE WHO DEFENDED FREEDOM/IN FOREIGN LANDS DURING/THE VIET NAM ERA" - "TOO YOUNG TO DIESO MUCH YOU'LL MISS/IF YOU WERE HERE WE'D TELL YOU THIS/BECAUSE OF YOU OUR SON WILL SEE /A WORLD OF PEACE ALL PEOPLE FREE./YOU PAID THE GREATEST PRICE YOU COULD/WE CANNOT THANK YOU LIKE WE SHOULD/BUT WHEN WE SEE OUR FLAG GO BY/WE'LL THINK OF YOU, AND HOW YOU DIED/1964-1973

A male figure, dressed in a sleeveless Roman tunic, stands with his hands resting atop an upright shield placed in front of him. The figure is set atop a multitiered base that rests between an inscribed bench and a three-sided upright that is decorated with reliefs and plaques.

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

History -- United States -- Persian Gulf War

Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress

Dress -- Accessory -- Shield

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New City

Administered by Rockland County, Main Street, County Courthouse, New City, New York

Located New City County Courthouse, Main Street, New City, New York

The memorial honors those people from Rockland County, New York who served their country in World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. The sculpture is believed to have been completed around 1919 or 1920.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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