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    		• Wight & Wight,
     
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    		• Homage -- Davis, Murray
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Murray Davis Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wight & Wight, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Murray Davis Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 31, 1928.
    Medium: 
    Tennessee marble on a granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: H. 6 ft. L. 32 ft. W. 13 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Inscribed on face:) MAJOR MURRAY DAVIS, D.S.C./KILLED IN ACTION AT EXERMONT FRANCE/SEPTEMBER TWENTY NINTH MCMXVIII/SERIOUSLY WOUNDED HE REFUSED TO/RELINQUISH HIS COMMAND UNTIL MOR-/TALLY WOUNDED HE FELL LEADING HIS/COMRADES TO VICTORY HIS LAST WORDS/"TAKE CARE OF MY MEN"
    Description: 
    A stele caved with an eagle and an inscription. Flanking the stele are two smaller markers.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Davis, Murray
    Occupation -- Military -- Major
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Main & 40th Streets, Kansas City, Missouri
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987.
    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 76008644
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