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    		• Angell, Carleton W.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Angell, Carleton W., 1887-1963, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soldiers' Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1932.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief plaque: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 9 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in.; Relief plaque: approx. 36 x 18 x 3 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On bottom of relief plaque:) DEDICATED/TO THE MEMORY/OF VETERANS OF/ALL WARS OF THE/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/WASHTENAW COUNTY/MICHIGAN/MEMORIAL DAY 1930 (Encircling granite column, incised lettering:) THIS.SITE.IS.A.PART.OF.THE.HURON.VALLEY.NAMED.BY.INDIANS.WASH-TE-NOG.MEANING.THE.LAND.BEYOND (On bottom of granite column, below shield:) THIS SHIELD/STOOD AT THE/ENTRANCE TO/THE POSTOFFICE/BUILDING IN/DETROIT WHICH/WAS REBUILT/IN 1932 unsigned
    Description: 
    The memorial consists of an octagonal granite column featuring a rectangular bronze relief plaque that depicts a soldier and an allegorical figure of Columbia. Columbia stands on the right dressed in a full-length gown and cape. She holds a sword in her proper left hand and offers a laurel branch to the soldier with her proper right hand. On the back of the column there is a relief of a shield surrounded by foliage.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Military history
    Figure group
    Allegory -- Place -- America
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
    Object -- Foliage -- Laurel
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Washtenaw Memorial Garden, Maintenance Department, 3771 Whitmore Lake Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Located Washtenaw Memorial Garden, Whitmore Lake Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    The memorial commemorates veterans of all United States wars. The cost was $4,000. The relief plaque is by C. W. Angell, and the granite column and shield were salvaged when the old Detroit Post Office was demolished in 1932. In 1932, the University of Michigan purchased remains from the Post Office for $200 as part of the Architectural School's efforts to salvage and collect architectural remnants, and it is very possible that the column and shield were included in this purchase. The memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1932. For related information see: Ypsilanti Press, May 30, 1932; historic files at the University of Michigan's Architectural School. IAS files contain an unpublished excerpt from Einar Kvaran's "An Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture of Washtenaw County," 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI0030, 1989.
    Monumental News, March 1913, pg. 216.
    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 MI000536
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