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    		• De Weldon, Felix George Weihs,
     
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    		• A. Bruni Fuse,
     
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    		• Fonderia Francesco B,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Arlington
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Seabees Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    De Weldon, Felix George Weihs, 1907-2003, sculptor.
    A. Bruni Fuse, founder.
    Fonderia Francesco B, founder.
    Title: 
    Seabees Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Navy Seabee Memorial, (sculpture)
    United States Navy Seabee Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1971. Cast 1973. Dedicated May 27, 1974.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: black granite; Wall: black granite
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 x 9 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, near base, front right:) FELIX de WELDON (Sculpture, near base, front left:) A. BRUNI. FUSE. ROMA (Base, front:) WITH COMPASSION FOR OTHERS/WE BUILD WE FIGHT/FOR PEACE WITH FREEDOM
    (Mural:) FELIX DE WELDON SC. 1971 / FOUNDERIA ARTISTICA/FRANCESCO ROMA (Back wall, above mural:) SEABEES CAN DO (Back wall, below mural:) WITH WILLING HEARTS AND SKILLFUL HANDS, THE DIFFICULT WE DO AT ONCE, THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES A BIT LONGER
    (Left side wall:) ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE/WHOSE ARM HATH BOUND THE RESTLESS WAVE/WHO BIDDEST THE MIGHTY OCEAN DEEP/ITS OWN APPOINT LIMIT KEEP/O HEAR US WHEN WE CRY TO THEE/FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA/LORD STAND BESIDE THE MEN WHO BUILD/AND GIVE THEM COURAGE, STRENGTH AND SKILL/O GRANT THEM PEACE OF HEART AND MIND/AND COMFORT LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND/LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS FOR ALL SEABEES/WHERE ERE THEY BE ON LAND OR SEA
    (Right side wall:) IN MEMORIAM/DEDICATED TO/THE MEN OF THE UNITED STATES/NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS/THE SEABEES/BORN IN THE EARLY DAY OF WORLD WAR II/WHEN THE NATION WAS IN DIRE PERIL/THEIR MISSION WAS TO BUILD BASES FOR THE/COMBAT FORCES, TO DEFEND THOSE BASES/AND TO PROVIDE OTHER SUPPORT/OF WHATEVER KIND REQUIRED/ORGANIZED AND COMMANDED BY OFFICERS/OF THE CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS OF THE NAVY, RECRUITED LARGELY FROM THE/BUILDING TRADES OF ORGANIZED LABOR,/BUTTRESSED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY/THE SEABEES QUICKLY PROVED/THEIR TOTAL COMPETENCE. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    In the center of an alcove adorned with a bronze mural of seabeas is a large bronze statue of bare-chested American soldier reaching down to take the hand of a small child. The soldier wears his helmet and carries his rifle over his proper left shoulder. The sculpture rests on a low rectangular base.
    Behind the statue is a freestanding black granite wall featuring a large rectangular bronze mural with reliefs of seabee soldiers hard at work using various pieces of equipment in the construction of a military base. From left to right: a roof frame is lowered by crane; a helicopter places a watch station on top of a watch tower; an earth mover ascends a mountain of dirt while a steam roller works below; a surveyor measures the area; a cargo ship lowers the doors to its cargo bay; two seabeas scale a telephone pole; three seabees pour cement from a giant mixer into the foundation; and at the far right, a crane lifts supports needed for the construction of a retaining wall.
    Two other relief panels are installed on narrow freestanding black granite walls that flank the large rectangular back wall. The relief on the right side depicts a soldier in the trenches aiming his rifle. The relief on the left side depicts a profile of a soldier standing at attention carrying his rifle over his proper right shoulder.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Military -- Seabee
    Occupation -- Industry -- Construction
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Arlington
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Memorial Avenue, entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    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 DC000206
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