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    		• Daniels, John K.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Minnesota Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Daniels, John K., 1875-1978, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Minnesota Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1916.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze on granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 x 4 1/2 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 7 x 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base, front:) ERECTED A.D. 1916 BY THE/STATE OF MINNESOTA/IN MEMORY OF HER SOLDIERS/HERE BURIED WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES/IN THE WAR FOR THE/PRESERVATION OF THE UNION/A.D. 1861-1865
    Description: 
    The standing figure of a Union soldier wearing a military uniform which includes a knee-length coat with a cape. His head is bowed and he holds his rifle vertically in front of him, with the barrel pointed down and his hads resting atop the rifle butt. He holds his cap in his proper right hand and rests it against his proper left shoulder. He stands with his feet together atop a rectangular granite base. On the top front of the base there are two crossed palm leaves carved in relief.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Memphis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420
    Located Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Section C, Memphis, Tennessee 38122
    Remarks: 
    The monument was erected by the Minnesota Monument Commission, established by an act of the Minnesota state legislature in 1913, to organize the construction of memorials honoring Minnesota soldiers of the Civil War who were buried in national cemeteries in southern states.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005.
    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 TN000113
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