"The Lone Soldier" @ the New Jersey World War II Memorial - Trenton, NJ
N 40° 13.275 W 074° 46.186
18T E 519589 N 4452339
Quick Description: This is 1 of 3 statues which can be found at the N.J. WW II Memorial, all created by artist Jay Warren. The bronze life-size figure designed to represent any Soldier, Marine, Sailor or Airman.
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 8/6/2009 9:36:47 AM
Waymark Code: WM6YJ0
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Long Description:The Statue shows a warrior in uniform of questionable pedigree. A sidearm is from one service but the uniform parts are from another. The helmet is from the Marines but the rifle — a carbine — says Army. It was purposefully done this way so all the branches of the military in WW II could be represented. The helmeted figure moves forward to meet the enemy, his M-1 rifle at the ready. The statue was unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 2008.
On Nov 12, 2008 , over 1900 people turned out to dedicate New Jersey's World War II memorial in Trenton. The statue and memorial are located in front of the Capitol Building on State Street and is the only state memorial to World War II.
The theme for New Jersey's World War II Memorial is "Victory." The memorial honors and pays tribute to the courage and the many sacrifices of the World War II generation as it celebrates the greatest victory our country has ever known. This brand new memorial is simply stunning, in architecture, expansiveness, artistic quality, creativeness and thoroughness. It is as much as a history lesson as it is a memorial. It is so expansiveness, it was hard to figure where it began and where it ended. The memorial is dedicated to all of our N.J. World War II veterans. State officials say more than 500,000 New Jersey residents served during World War II and about 90,000 of them still live here.
Two 12-foot-high, 40-foot-long curved walls, one dedicated to the war in Europe, the other to the war in the Pacific, mark the north and south sides of the memorial. Each depicts a timeline of important events from 1939 to 1945.
Two time capsules will be buried on the site to be opened in 2145, the 200th anniversary of the end of the war.
The memorial is made predominantly of granite from Minnesota. It has cost $7.4 million to build, $6.5 million from the state and the rest from donations.
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