Goddess of Liberty, (sculpture).

Goddess of Liberty, (sculpture).

Daniel, Lucy Jane, 1865-1957, sculptor.

Goddess of Liberty, (sculpture).

(Monument to a Reunited Soldiery), (sculpture).

Reunited Soldiery, (sculpture).

United Soldiery, (sculpture).

Angel Aloft, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 5, 1889.

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Sculpture: marble; Base: Vermont and Maine marble atop sandstone blocks from the battlefield.

Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 1 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft.

(On front of base:) (On cornice:) Angel Aloft (On shaft:) Spirit of eternal light/Keep silent vigil o'er the brave/The untarnished blue/The unsullied gray/In peace and love unite./Proud heroes have fallen,/And over their grave/Our hearts are united/Our country to save./Over the dead the living bend,/And up to their God their voices send/That in Liberty's crown or Eternity's day/He may place as fair Jewels/The Blue and the Gray/A United Soldiery/The Blue/The Gray.

A female, representing the Goddess of Liberty, stands with a garland held at her side with her proper right hand. She wears a full-length dress and her bare feet are visible below its hemline. With her proper left hand she holds her dress with her index finger extended. The sculpture is mounted atop a base composed of various types of stone, including Vermont and Maine marble and sandstone from the battlefield. On the front of the cornice, is a relief depicting a hand with the index finger pointing up, surrounded by an inscription. On the front of the shaft, below the inscription, are two clasped hands in relief. The shaft rests atop a bottom section consisting of blocks of marble on top of two blocks of sandstone. The sculpture is in the center of a circular walkway.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure female -- Full length

Object -- Flower

Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Benton

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Located Pea Ridge National Military Park, Benton, Arkansas

The sculpture commemorates all who took part in the Battle of Pea Ridge. It was dedicated in 1889 during a five-day reunion of the Blue and Gray, an association of reunited Confederate and Union soldiers. The sculpture was the artist's first work. During the ceremony, the fields of Pea Ridge were dedicated as a National Battlefield Park. The poem inscribed on the shaft was composed by Captain Puckett, Captain J. B. Lamkin, and Professor John R. Roberts. IAS files contain a related excerpt from J. Dickson Black's "History of Benton County," Little Rock, AR: International Graphics, 1975, pg. 256-258.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992.

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Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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