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Black Angel, Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City. A locally famous monument, the 8.5-foot (2.6 m) tall "Black Angel" statue by Mario Korbel was erected in 1913 [1] as a memorial to Nicholas Feldevert.
Black Angel (1913) by Mario Korbel at Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, Johnson County. Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City; Jones County.
The Stories of Strength — Honoring Black Milwaukeeans walking tour is Nov. 23. Many Milwaukee Black historical leaders are buried in Forest Home Cemetery. This tour will tell you about their impact.
The cast bronze sculpture stands along the edge of Fairview Cemetery as a tribute to Ruth Anne Dodge, the wife of railroad magnate Grenville M. Dodge. The 8.5-foot (2.6 m) tall angel holds a water basin and is wreathed in laurel. Its pedestal is a representation of a ship's prow with a garland swag, carved in pink marble.
Experts believed there was only one surviving ancient Indigenous mound in Milwaukee. Now, two rediscovered mounds bring that number to three. Indigenous mounds rediscovered at Forest Home Cemetery ...
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Saints Peter and Paul parish was created in 1889, a response to the upper east side's rapidly growing German immigrant population during the 1880s and 90s, at the direction of Milwaukee's vicar general, the Right Reverend Leonard Batz. The parish began with forty-three families, and they initially worshiped in a temporary chapel on the corner ...
The artist, Daniel Chester French, chose to use a frequent model of his, Jessica Penn Evans. The cast can be found in front of a crypt located inside the Forest Home cemetery. [1] An interesting fact about T.A. Chapman is that he was a major player in restoring Milwaukee after a big fire down town. It is a building on N. Milwaukee and East ...