Edward Edgar Hartwick Memorial, (sculpture).

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Edward Edgar Hartwick Memorial, (sculpture).

Loester, Julius C., sculptor.

Cottrell, W. Liance, architect.

Edward Edgar Hartwick Memorial, (sculpture).

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Relief: bronze; Exedra: granite.

Relief: approx. 8 ft. x 7 ft. 10 in. x 5 in.; Exedra: approx. 9 ft. x 20 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in.

(In middle of relief, raised lettering, poem by Edward Markham:) "They are not dead; life's flag is never furled/They passed from world to world/Their bodies sleep but in some nobler land/Their spirits march under a new command/New joy awaits them there/In hero-heavens wrapt in immortal air./How shall we honor their deed/How speak our praise of this immortal breed?/Only by living nobly as they died/Toiling for truth denied./Loyal to something bigger then we are/Something that swings the spirit to a star."/Edwin Markham (Bottom of relief, across grave mound, raised lettering:) "To the memory of my beloved husband/EDWARD.EDGAR.HARTWICK/Major Engineers U.S. Army 20th Engineers Forestry/who died in France in the service of his country on/Easter Sunday, March 31, 1918 (Left side of exedra, incised lettering:) EDWARD.EDGAR.HARTWICK/1871 - 1918/GRADUATED.FROM.U.S.M.A.AT.WEST POINT.1893/SERVED.INDIAN.CAMPAIGNS.IN.WYOMING/COMMANDED.THE.POINT.OF.9TH.CAVALRY/AT.SAN.JUAN.HILL.SANTIAGO.CAMPAIGN.1898/RESIGNED.FROM.ARMY.1899/VOLUNTEERED.FOR.ACTIVE.SERVICE/AT.OUTBREAK.OF.WAR.WITH.GERMANY.1917 (Right side of exedra, incised lettering:) KAREN.MICHELSON.HARTWICK.HART/BORN.AT.MANISTEE.MICHIGAN/MAY.13.1872/DIED.AT.EVANSTON.ILLINOIS/JULY.16.1950 unsigned

A bas-relief, on an irregularly-shaped bronze slab, depicting Major Edward Edgar Hartwick standing with two orphaned French children before their parent's grave. Markham is dressed in a uniform, with knee-high boots, hat, and high collared jacket. His proper right hand rests on the head of a young girl, who is kneeling in prayer. His proper left hand encircles the shoulder of a young boy, who stands holding a handkerchief in his proper left hand and raising his proper right hand to his face. The parent's grave is marked by a lopsided cross, topped with a military helmet, and a wreath resting against it. Below the figures, near the bottom of the monument, is a cavalry insignia and a castle. The bronze memorial plaque is set within a flanking granite exedra with side benches and a low granite projecting platform in the center.

History -- United States -- World War I

Portrait male -- Hartwick, Edward Edgar -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Major

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Ethnic -- French

State of Being -- Other -- Orphan

Religion -- Prayer

Literature -- Markham

Dress -- Accessory -- Handkerchief

Emblem -- Cross

Object -- Other -- Wreath

Emblem -- Military Insignia

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit

Woodlawn Cemetery, 19975 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

The memorial marks the grave of Edward Edgar Hartwick, born in 1871, who graduated from West Point in 1893 and served in the military during the Spanish-American War. He commanded the 9th Calvary at San Juan Hill and served during the Indian Campaigns in Wyoming. He resigned from the Army in 1899, only to volunteer again at the outbreak of World War I. Hartwick died in France in 1918, where he commanded the U. S. Army 20th Engineers. When not serving in the military, Hartwick worked in the lumber trade. Architect W. Liance Cottrell designed the sculpture. IAS files contain related excerpts from Clarence M. Burton and Agnes Burton's "History of Wayne County and City of Detroit," S. J. Clark, 1930, pg. 15, 18-19; and Gordon K. Miller's "A Biographical Sketch of Major Edward E. Hartwick," Detroit: G. K. Miller, 1921, pg. 39+.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.

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