Lindbergh Memorial to Children, (sculpture).

Lindbergh Memorial to Children, (sculpture).

Beretta, Giovanni, sculptor.

Carletti, Giovanni, caster.

Lindbergh Memorial to Children, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 17, 1932. Rededicated April 28, 1984.

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Approx. 10 ft. x 4 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

A concrete sculpture with a shell fountain basin which sits on a square base. At one time a small fountain at the base sprayed water into the shell. Above the shell is the sleeping Lindbergh baby wearing a long-sleeved jacket and holding a rose in his proper left hand. The child's proper left leg is bent at the knee and tucked under his proper right leg which is straight. Atop the monument is an eagle in flight. An irregularly shaped column serves as the background and extends up from behind the basin to the top of the eagle.

Portrait male -- Lindbergh, Charles A., Jr. -- Child

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Object -- Other -- Shell

Object -- Flower -- Rose

Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Jacksonville Beach

Administered by Beaches Area Historical Society, 425 Beach Boulevard, P. O. Box 50646, Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250

Located Pablo Historical Park, Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250

Formerly located Jacksonville Beach Elementary School #50, Second Street & Second Avenue South, Southeast corner, Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Inscription on nearby marker reads: A memorial to children/unveiled/September 17 A.D. 1932/Plant A Rose Association/Mrs. Carr B. McClenney, mother/Parent Teachers Assoc./Mrs. H. E. Thurman, Pres./Civil League/Mrs. F. D. Brennan, Pres./Chamber of Commerce/Col. Joseph C. Stehlin, Pres. IAS files contain a related article from Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL), Sept. 20, 1992, pg. B-2, which gives the history of the sculpture. IAS files also contain a brochure from the Beaches Area Historical Society which describes the original dedication ceremony and the memorial's recent restoration. The memorial was erected as a result of the March 1, 1932, kidnaping of 20-month-old Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. The memorial was erected to Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. and to all children.

The memorial was originally erected on the grounds of Jacksonville Beach Elementary School #50. When the school was torn down in the 1970's, the memorial was moved to a construction yard. The memorial was restored and rededicated as part of the Beaches Centennial Celebration at Pablo Historical Park, April 28, 1984. The monument was sculpted by Giovanni Beretta and cast by Giovanni Carletti. Anthony Cianca, eleven-year-old nephew of Carletti, helped with the unmolding of the piece.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Jacksonville survey, 1993.

Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL) Sept. 20, 1992, pg. B-2.

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