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Grub, Tony,
History -- United States
Abstract
State of Being -- Other
Object -- Musical Instrument
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington
Kinetic
Sculpture
Monroe County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Grub, Tony, sculptor.
Title:
Monroe County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1991.
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Wind chime: metal.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 1/2 x 37 x 30 ft.
Inscription:
(Bronze plaque on front of monument:) MONROE COUNTY VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL/MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS/(lengthy list of names)/SPONSORED BY THE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS ALLIANCE AND FUNDED/BY THE CITIZENS OF MONROE COUNTY 1991 (Engraved on wall:) TO HONOR ALL WHO SERVED AND/THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA./(six columns of names) (Bronze plaque on wind chime:) POW MIA/YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN/THESE CHIMES ARE/DEDICATED TO ALL/PRISONERS OF WAR/AND THOSE WHO ARE/MISSING IN ACTION.
Description:
A wall and walkway with stairs descend below ground level. The wall is engraved with inscriptions. In front of the inscriptions is a wind chime surrounded by eight tapered slabs. The wind chime's gong and a bronze plaque have designs of a watchtower, barbed wire, and the profile of a man's head.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Vietnam War
Abstract
State of Being -- Other -- Imprisonment
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Chime
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Bloomington
Kinetic
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Monroe County Commissioners, Monroe County Courthouse, Room 322, Bloomington, Indiana 47404
Located Monroe County Courthouse Square, West side, Bloomington, Indiana
Remarks:
Sponsored by the Vietnam Era Veterans Alliance and funded by the citizens of Monroe County. Honors 24 Monroe County residents who died in the Vietnam War and the wind chimes are dedicated to the war's prisoners of war and MIAs.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
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 IN000391
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000391
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