World War I Memorial - Paris, TX
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N 33° 39.690 W 095° 33.263
15S E 263145 N 3727553
Located just to the left of the U.S. Post Office on Lamar Ave.
Waymark Code: WM11DTK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2019
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Smithsonian Art Inventory"Full-length male nude figure sitting on a rectangular structure, looking down in grief. His right leg hangs over the front of the structure; his left leg is bent. His head is bent low. He leans on an object with his left hand. A loincloth is draped around his waist and he wears a headband in his hair. He holds a wreath in his right hand and an upside down torch in his left hand. The stone and metal sculpture rests on a stepped granite and brick base.
Plaque on base:
In Memoriam
To our Lamar County heroes
who made the supreme sacrifice in
1917 - The World War - 1918
Gift of J. J. Culbertson, 1925"
Two shield shaped plaques on the base list the names of those from the area who died in the war.
TITLE: World War I Memorial
ARTIST(S): J.L. Wees
DATE: 1925
MEDIUM: Sculpture - bronze, stone / Base - granite, brick
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX001052
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Next to the U.S. Post Office / 231 Lamar Ave. / Paris, TX 75460
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Inventory makes no mention of the two metal plaques on the base that list the names of the dead.
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