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    		• Religion -- Saint
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Lithuanian
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Lithuanian Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Lithuanian Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1978.
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) ZUVUSIEMS/UZ LIETUVOS/LAISVE / IN MEMORY OF THOSE/WHO DIED FOR A FREE/LITHUANIA/DEDICATED 1978 unsigned
    Description: 
    A tall rectangular stele engraved at the top with a shield containing an equestrian portrait of Casimir, the Lithuanian patron saint, holding a shield in his proper left hand and raising a sword in his proper right hand. His shield is adorned with a double (patriarchal) cross. Beneath the portrait is a laurel swag. At the bottom of the stele is a cross and a symbol of an eternal flame flanked by double crosses. At the base of the stele are two oak leaf clusters and a line drawing.
    Subject: 
    Religion -- Saint -- St. Casimir
    Equestrian
    Ethnic -- Lithuanian
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    St. Casimir Church, 41 Providence Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01608
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is dedicated to those who died for a free Lithuania. Imperial Russia occupied Lithuania from 1795 until 1918. When Lithuanians gained their independence, Poland illegally occupied one third of the country, and then the Russians returned. Lithuanians came to Worcester as early as 1869, when famine gripped their largely agricultural country. IAS files contain a copy of the City of Worcester Parks and Recreation Department / Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C "Monuments" questionnaire dated May 27, 1986; the Supplement for Form C "Monuments" questionnaire which includes a condition assessment; and a Sept. 1986 Dennis and Craine Associates condition assessment.
    References: 
    Beall, Pamela E., "Artworks in Our Parks: An Inventory of Public Memorials," Worcester, MA: City of Worcester, 1986.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
    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 87630011
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