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From Ashes to Answers, (sculpture). Artist:  Weishel, Austin, sculptor. Title:  From Ashes to Answers, (sculpture). Other Titles:  National Fire Dog Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  2012. Dedicated Oct. 23, 2013. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  H. 7 feet. Subject:  Animal -- Dog -- Labrador Retriever Animal -- Portrait -- Sadie Portrait male -- Means, Jerry -- Full length Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Object Type:  Sculpture Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Owner:  Fire Station, Engine #2, 500 F Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia Provenance:  Formerly located Fire Station, Engine #3, 439 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia June 28, 2012-Oct. 12, 2013. Remarks:  This monument honoring the service of arson investigation dogs and their trainers was created by Colorado fire fighter Austin Weishel. Serving as models for the dog and handler depicted in the monument are fellow Colorado fire fighter Jerry Means and his arson investigation dog Sadie, a black labrador retriever. In 2012, the sculpture traveled across the country on a twelve city tour from Denver, Colorado to Washington, DC to raise awareness for the arson dog training program. When it arrived in Washington on June 28, 2012, it was placed at Fire Station, Engine #3. On Oct. 12, 2013, the sculpture was moved from the third floor of Fire Station, Engine #3 and placed in its permanent location in the park behind Fire Station, Engine #2. The sculpture was dedicated on Oct. 23, 2013 in front of hundreds of police officers and fire fighters. References:  Examiner (Washington, DC) June 28, 2012. District of Columbia Fire Department, July 23, 2013. Illustration:  Examiner (Washington, DC) June 28, 2012. 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 71501025   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71501025 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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