1223. Model for Monument to Veterans and their Mothers
Cloaked woman with hands crossed over her chest. Intended to honor veterans of all wars. An inscription on the base would read "Let the Voice of Silence Speak for Those Loved Ones Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice for God and Country." Proposal to the Ames Patriotic Council…
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1223. Model for Monument to Veterans and their Mothers
Ames Daily Tribune, May 10, 1958.
Date
1958
Material
Clay
Description
Cloaked woman with hands crossed over her chest. Intended to honor veterans of all wars. An inscription on the base would read "Let the Voice of Silence Speak for Those Loved Ones Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice for God and Country." Proposal to the Ames Patriotic Council for the Ames Municipal Cemetery. Rejected for "sectarian significance". The final work of art was intended to be bronze on a granite base.
Markings
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Provenance / Location
Location unknown.
Alternate Title(s)
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Notes / Sources
Papers, SC, undated Ames Tribune clipping with image and caption; Ames Daily Tribune, May 10, 1958; Ames Daily Tribune, May 16, 1958.
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