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    		• Daniels, John K.,
     
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    		• P. N. Peterson Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- King, Josias R.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Daniels, John K., 1875-1978, sculptor.
    P. N. Peterson Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Josias R. King Monument, (sculpture).
    Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).
    Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1903. Dedicated Nov. 20, 1903.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: Vermont marble or granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 53 ft. x 148 in. x 148 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base, raised:) ERECTED THROUGH/THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF/THE ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS/OF THE CITY OF ST. PAUL/GRAND ARMY/OF THE REPUBLIC/A.D. 1903/THE STATUE REPRESENTS/JOSIAS R. KING/THE FIRST MAN TO VOLUNTEER/IN THE FIRST MINNESOTA INFANTRY/THE FIRST REGIMENT/TENDERED THE GOVERNMENT/FOR THE SUPPRESSION/OF THE REBELLION (On plaque on base, raised:) TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF/THE UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/OF THE WAR OF/1861-1865/THEIR PATRIOTISM INSPIRED/UNQUESTIONING DEVOTION/THEIR VALOR WAS ATTESTED/ON HARD-WON BATTLEFIELDS/THEIR SUFFERING/AND/SACRIFICE EXALTED/THE GLORIOUS CAUSE AND/ENNOBLED THE/SPLENDID TRIUMPH (On plaque on base, raised:) THE VICTORIES/THEY HELPED ACHIEVE/PRESERVED THE/UNION OF THE STATES/ABOLISHED/HUMAN SLAVERY/ESTABLISHED THE/NATIONAL PRESTIGE/OPENED NEW AVENUES FOR THE/DEVELOPMENT OF MAN/AND THE/ADVANCEMENT OF LIBERTY (In circle within star emblem on plaque on base, raised:) GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC/1861 VETERAN 1866 unsigned
    Description: 
    Male figure of a soldier, Josias R. King, standing at ease with gun. Figure is mounted atop a tall marble base. On each side of upper section of base is a relief of a wreath, two crossed swords, and caps at the corners. Under the wreath on the front side are four stars in relief, and under each of the remaining three wreaths are three stars. On each side of lower section of base is a plaque. Three of the plaques feature inscriptions, while the fourth plaque bears reliefs of an eagle, cannonballs, a flag, and a star. Within the star, there are reliefs of objects in the corners, a circular inscription, and figures at the center.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- King, Josias R. -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by State of Minnesota, Capitol Area Architecture and Planning Board, 204 Administration Building, 50 Sherburne Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
    Coadministered by City of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota
    Located Summit Park, Old Kellogg & Kellogg, John Ireland Boulevard, Summit Avenue and Marshall Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    Josias R. King (1832-1916) served with the First Minnesota Infantry for the Union Army during the Civil War. King had the distinction of being the first Minnesotan to enlist in the Union Army. Dedicated to Civil War veterans, the monument was erected by the Allied Organizations of the St. Paul Grand Army of the Republic, Acker Post. Total cost was $9,000. Monumental News (1903) gives base media as granite. IAS files contain related excerpts from book by Moira F. Harris, "Monumental Minnesota: A Guide to Outdoor Sculpture," St. Paul: Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 25, 30, 43.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Minnesota Historical Society, 1976.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MN0021, 1989.
    Monumental News, Sept. 1903, pg. 554.
    Monumental News, Dec. 1903, pg. 718.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    St. Paul Dispatch (St. Paul, MN), July 14, 1965.
    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 76000145
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