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Gibson, Charles Dana,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Homage -- Yeaton, Guy Malcolm
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Islesboro
Flagstaff
Sculpture
Library Flagpole, (sculpture).
Artist:
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944, designer.
Title:
Library Flagpole, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1918.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: steel and bronze; Base: granite.
Inscription:
(On plaque on base, raised:) (emblematic eagle)/IN MEMORY OF/SERGEANT GUY MALCOLM YEATON/UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS/BORN APRIL 9, 1891/DIED SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN THE/WORLD WAR AT BLANC MONT RIDGE/FRANCE OCTOBER 4, 1918
Description:
A steel flagpole, white in color, mounted on bronze circular pedestal decorated with ornamental frieze of ribbons and foliage. The flagpole is placed atop a square granite base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
History -- United States -- World War I
Homage -- Yeaton, Guy Malcolm
Occupation -- Military -- Sergeant
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Islesboro
Flagstaff
Sculpture
Owner:
Town of Islesboro, Library, Main Road, Islesboro, Maine 04848
Remarks:
The library flagpole was erected in memory of Sgt. Guy Malcolm Yeaton, Islesboro's only World War I fatality and possibly replaces an earlier flagpole located at this site. The town raised $4,500 to erect a monument for Sgt. Yeaton and all the Island men who served overseas. The body of Sgt. Yeaton is buried on the library's north lawn near the sculpture. Nearby plaques record the names of men who served in the Civil War and World War I. IAS files contain a related excerpt from John Pendleton Farrow's "History of Islesboro," Bangor: Thomas W. Burr, 1893.
Conflicting dates for the flagpole are given by reporting sources. The flagpole (perhaps original flagpole) appears to be that illustrated in Farrow's "History of Iselsboro," published in 1893; however, SOS! survey report lists 1918 as dedication date and also says funds raised between 1921 and 1922 for erection of the monument.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Farrow, John Pendleton, "History of Islesboro," Bangor, ME: Thomas W. Burr, 1893, pg. 75.
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 ME000099
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Inventory of American Sculpture
ME000099
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