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- Dorchester American Legion Memorial, (sculpture)
Dorchester American Legion Memorial, (sculpture)
Object Details
- Notes
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998.
- Summary
- A granite stele is adorned on the front with a bronze commemorative relief plaque topped by an eagle perched on an American Legion emblem. On either side of the emblem is a narrow band containing a relief of a World War I battlefield. On the left side of the emblem are soldiers manning two cannons and on the right side of the emblem are advancing soldiers with bayonets raised. The stele is mounted on top of a short, rectangular base.
- Data Source
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Date
- Ca. 1920
- Control number
- IAS MA000181
- sculptor
- Unknown
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures-Stele
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Relief plaque: bronze; Stele: granite
- Owner/Location
- Administered by City of Boston Office of Cultural Affairs Boston City Hall, Room 716 Boston Massachusetts 02201
- Located Corner of Bowdoin & Hancock Streets Boston Massachusetts
- Title
- WWI Memorial, (sculpture)
- World War I Memorial, (sculpture)
- Topic
- History--United States--World War I
- Architecture--Military--Battlefield
- Figure group--Male
- Occupation--Military--Soldier
- Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform
- Animal--Bird--Eagle
- Object--Weapon--Cannon
- Emblem
- Record ID
- siris_ari_336423
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
