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    		• Paramino, John Francis,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Dress -- Historic
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Yarmouth Port
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    (World War I Memorial), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Paramino, John Francis, 1888/89-1956, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (World War I Memorial), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1926. Copyrighted 1926. Dedicated Sept. 4, 1926.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Plaque: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Plaque: approx. 47 x 32 1/2 x 2 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 6 1/4 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left:) John F. Paralino (sic)/Boston, Mass./Copywright (sic) 1926 (On plaque, raised lettering:) IN HONOR OF THE/MEN OF YARMOUTH/WHO SERVED IN THE WAR WITH GERMANY/1917 1918/(list of sixty-three names in two columns follows) signed
    Description: 
    A war monument consisting of a granite boulder with a rectangular bronze relief plaque depicting a Grecian woman standing with arms extended, holding a laurel in each hand. She is dressed in a long gown and sandals. Each arms rests on slightly raised column that contains an Honor Roll of names.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure female -- Full length
    Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress
    Object -- Other -- Wreath
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Yarmouth Port
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Yarmouth, Parks Department, 74 Town Brooks Road, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts 02673
    Located Town Green, Route 6A & Strawberry Lane, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The memorial erected by the Yarmouth Grange commemorates the World War I soldiers and sailors of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. It was funded with $811.09 from a bonus fund that the Town appropriated for the veterans. IAS files contain a transcription of names that appear on the plaque. IAS files also contain an excerpt from Marion Vuillemier's "The Town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts: A History, 1639-1989," Yarmouth, MA: The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth, 1989, pg. 96; and correspondence dated April 28, 1995 containing transcriptions of town meeting minutes for the Town of Yarmouth during the 1920s. For related information see "Yarmouth Old Home and Gathering Places," 1989, pg. 30.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
    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 MA000128
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