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The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace are bronze, fire-gilded statue groups on Lincoln Memorial Circle in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States.. Commissioned in 1929 to complement the plaza constructed on the east side of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the Arlington Memorial Bridge approaches, their completion was delayed until 1939 for budgeta
The Arlington Memorial Bridge, often shortened to Memorial Bridge, is a Neoclassical masonry, steel, and stone arch bridge with a central bascule (or drawbridge) that crosses the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. First proposed in 1886, the bridge went unbuilt for decades thanks to political quarrels over ...
In the course of their careers, Carl Paul Jennewein and his partner Warren Straton produced at least five monumental eagles: one at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, another on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, connecting Arlington with Washington, D.C., the third on the Federal Office Building in New York, the ...
New York State Monument (1893) New York Auxiliary State Monument (1925) Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, 1914 also includes several portrait statues, Abraham Lincoln (1911–13) by J. Otto Schweizer, west side; Governor Andrew Curtin (1911–13) by William Clark Noble, west side; General George Meade (1911–13) by Lee Lawrie, north side
The Arts of War sculptures, Sacrifice and Valor, flanking the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. (dedicated 1951) Four Freedoms statues, New York World's Fair (1940) American Military Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg; Covered Wagon sculptural panels, Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR (1934)
The construction of Arlington Memorial Bridge was a seven-year construction project in Washington, D.C., in the United States to construct the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River. The bridge was authorized by Congress in February 1925, and was completed in January 1932. As a memorial, its decorative features were extensive and ...
Union (American Civil War) monuments and memorials in New York (state) (10 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in New York (state)" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
New York City (Brooklyn): The Robert E. Lee Tree historical marker [49] was removed 16 August 2017, by the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. [50] New York City (Bronx): The Robert E. Lee bust in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans outdoor sculpture gallery at Bronx Community College was removed on 17 August 2017, along with the statue of ...