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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Homage -- Whittemore, Samuel
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Arlington
     
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    (Samuel Whittemore Monument), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Samuel Whittemore Monument), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Samuel Whittemore Memorial Tablet, (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 x 3 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 8 in. x 3.5 ft. x 1.5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) NEAR THIS SPOT/SAMUEL WHITTEMORE,/THEN 80 YEARS OLD,/KILLED THREE BRITISH SOLDIERS/APRIL 19, 1775./HE WAS SHOT, BAYONETED/BEATEN AND LEFT FOR DEAD,/BUT RECOVERED AND LIVED/TO BE 98 YEARS OF AGE unsigned
    Description: 
    A rectangular marker bearing an inscription describing the life-threatening injuries sustained by Samuel Whittemore at the hands of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Revolution
    Homage -- Whittemore, Samuel
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Arlington
    Stele
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Arlington, Arlington Historical Commission, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts 02174
    Located Russell Park, Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000272
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