Sheboygan County War Memorial, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(Before memorial, on front of wall:) SHEBOYGAN COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL (White marker in center of memorial, in script:) Veterans of Foreign Wars/of the/United States/Founded 1899/(VFW emblem)/Sheboygan Falls/Daane-Gallagher Post 10383 (Center black granite marker, under archway:) "THOSE WHO HAVE LONG ENJOYED SUCH/PRIVILEGES AS WE ENJOY, FORGET IN/TIME THAT MEN HAVE DIED TO WIN THEM."/FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT/DEC. 15, 1941/DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE/MEN AND WOMEN OF SHEBOYGAN/COUNTY WHO HAVE MADE THE SUPREME/SACRIFICE IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION./A TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THOSE/HOSTILITIES DEEMED NECESSARY FOR CITIZENS TO BEAR/ARMS IN THE PRESERVATION OF OUR MANY FREEDOMS./CIVIL WAR/SPANISH AMERICAN WAR/WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II/KOREAN WAR/VIETNAM WAR/LEBANON GRENADA PANAMA DESERT STORM (Remaining black granite markers under archways: lists of names)
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Summary
A war memorial consisting of seven arches linked in a semicircle, with a black granite marker centered under each archway. The markers commemorate soldiers who died in the following: Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, and Desert Storm. Each black granite marker is lit by a recessed spotlight in the foundation before it. There is a white VFW marker in the center of the plaza flanked by three flagpoles, with four benches on the plaza's rim. A walkway leads up to the memorial, with a long, short, brick-flanked wall before it.
Data Source
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Date
1990
Control number
IAS WI000442
sculptor
Minster, Norm
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Stele
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: cast white marble and Georgia black granite; Foundation: concrete
Owner/Location
Administered by Sheboygan County Sheboygan Wisconsin 53081
Located South of John M. Kohler Memorial Drive Sheboygan Wisconsin
Topic
History--United States--Civil War
History--United States--World War I
History--United States--World War II
History--United States--Korean War
History--United States--Vietnam War
History--United States--Grenada
History--United States--Panama
History--United States--Lebanon
History--United States--Persian Gulf War
Record ID
siris_ari_336871
Usage
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