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    World War I Memorial Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    World War I Memorial Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Nahant World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1921.
    Medium: 
    Plaque: bronze; Base: stone boulder.
    Dimensions: 
    Plaque: 24 x 32 in. Base: approx. 60 x 96 x 46 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque:) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/CITIZENS OF NAHANT/WHO IN THE WAR WITH GERMANY/FREELY AND BRAVELY GAVE THEIR LIVES/TO WIN VICTORY FOR THEIR COUNTRY/AND THEIR COUNTRY'S CAUSE/(list of names)/"YEA SAITH THE SPIRIT THAT THEY MAY REST FROM/THEIR LABORS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEN."/REVELATIONS, XIV-13/ERECTED BY/MORTIMER G. ROBBINS POST NO. 215/AMERICAN LEGION unsigned
    Description: 
    A bronze inscription plaque is attached to a stone boulder.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Nahant
    Boulder
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Nahant, Cemetery Department, Town Hall, Nahant, Massachusetts 01908
    Located Greenlawn Cemetery, Nahant Road, Nahant, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The memorial was installed by the American Legion Post No. 215 to honor men who were killed during World War I. IAS files contain a newspaper article from the Lynn Daily Evening Item, May 31, 1921.
    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 MA000673
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