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    		• Homage -- Volpe, John A.
     
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    		• Homage -- Lodge, Henry Cabot
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Nahant
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Gov. John A. Volpe Compass Rose Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Gov. John A. Volpe Compass Rose Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Volpe Lodge Memorial at Lodge Park, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 31, 1997.
    Medium: 
    Granite and bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. Diam. 12 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze plaque:) A GIFT IN MEMORY OF/HON. JOHN ANTHONY VOLPE/HON. HENRY CABOT LODGE/MAY 1997/"FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES"
    Description: 
    A flat circular granite disc embedded in the ground is adorned with compass directions, scrolls, and a small bronze inscription plaque.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Volpe, John A.
    Homage -- Lodge, Henry Cabot
    Occupation -- Political -- Governor
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Nahant
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Nahant, Public Works, Town Hall, Nahant, Massachusetts 01908
    Located Lodge Memorial Park, Nahant, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    This monument to John A. Volpe and Henry Cabot Lodge was funded by Mrs. John A. Volpe who donated $5,000 for the project. IAS files contain a newspaper article from the Nahant Daily Item, June 2, 1997.
    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 MA000667
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