War Memorial, (sculpture).

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War Memorial, (sculpture).

Paulding, John, 1883-1935, sculptor.

Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after)

American Bronze Company, founder.

War Memorial, (sculpture).

Statue of Liberty Memorial, (sculpture).

Greene County Liberty Memorial, (sculpture).

Copyrighted 1920. Installed Nov. 5,1924. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1924.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: white marble; Foundation: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 95 x 22 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 80 x 164 x 37 in.

(On rear of sculpture base:) CAST BY AMERICAN ART BRONZE FOUNDRY/J. PAULDING SC. (copyright symbol) 1920 CHICAGO (On front of base:) (Center, incised lettering:) LET US HOLD IN HONORED/MEMORY THOSE MEN FROM/GREENE COUNTY WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES THAT MANKIND/MIGHT HOPE FOR A BETTER/WORLD. (Left panel, raised lettering:) WORLD WAR I (names of service members who died) (Right panel, raised lettering:) WORLD WAR II (names of service members who died) (On rear of base:) (Center:) to the men of greene county/who served in the world war/and in memory of those who/made the supreme sacrifice/1917-1918 (Left and right panels: names of service members who died) signed Founder's mark appears.

A 19:1 scaled replica of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's sculpture "Liberty Enlightening the World." A female figure, representing Liberty, stands wearing a long robe and a headpiece. Her proper right arm is raised, holding a lit torch. Her proper left arm cradles a tablet. The sculpture is mounted atop a three-part base composed of a center base inscribed with a dedication to the veterans of Green County, which is flanked by two panels inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives in World War I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. The center base is tiered on each side at the top. A wreath appears on the top front of the center base.

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

Figure female -- Full length

Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Other -- Torch

Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Paragould

Administered by Greene County, 320 West Court Street, County Courthouse, Paragould, Arkansas 72450

Located Greene County Courthouse, Corner of North 3rd & Main Street, front lawn, Paragould, Arkansas

The sculpture is a replica of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645). It honors Greene County soldiers who gave their lives during World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Funds for the sculpture, which cost $2,000, were raised though a county legislature appropriation of $1,000 and though the memorial committee of the American Legion's Adams Jackson Post 17, which sold Memorial Certificates for $1.00 each. The original sculpture, containing the names of forty Greene County casualties from World War I, was dedicated on Armistice Day, November 11, 1924 in front of the original Greene County Courthouse. In the 1940s, marble panels were added to give space for the names of seventy-eight killed in World War II, and later for the names of two soldiers killed during the Korean War, the names of eleven soldiers killed in Vietnam, and the names of two soldiers killed in the Persian Gulf War. In 1997, the sculpture was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

IAS files contain a partial list of names on base. IAS files contain a related clipping from the Paragould Daily Press (Arkansas), Nov. 11, 1992, pg. 22; and two related articles from the Paragould Solephone (Arkansas), Nov. 10, 1924, and Nov. 12, 1924, pg. 1 and 4. IAS files contain a related excerpt and historic photograph of the sculpture, taken before the flanking panels were added, from Myrl Mueller's "A History of Greene County," Little Rock, AR: Parkhurst Book Design, 1984, pg. 67. IAS files contain an excerpt from Vivian Hansbrough's "History of Greene County," 1946, pg. 87; and undated information about the sculpture project from an American Legion handbook.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992.

SOS Assessment Award, 1997.

Inventory staff, 2000.

Paragould Daily Press, Nov. 11, 1992, pg. 22.

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