Jacksonville Navy Memorial - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 19.199 W 081° 39.332
17R E 436978 N 3354424
The Jacksonville Navy Memorial is located on the Southbank Riverwalk in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. It commemorates the relationship between the people of Jacksonville and the U.S. Navy.
Waymark Code: WMB04H
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2011
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The memorial includes a statue of a Navy sailor looking out to sea. He is dressed in uniform and has a duffel bag at his feet. According to an October 13, 2008, newspaper article
(visit link) about the rededication ceremony for the Navy Memorial, this is a "one of a kind Lone Sailor statue known as The Liberty Hound. The rededication took place on the 20th anniversary of the statue and coincided with the U.S. Navy's 233rd birthday."
A plaque on a granite column located behind the statue reads as follows:
Jacksonville Navy Memorial
This memorial commemorates the rich and valued relationship between the people of Jacksonville and the United States Navy. It symbolizes the community's feeling of honor and esteem for the men and women of the Navy. They are part of our family. May God be with them on land, on the sea, under the sea and in the sky above it.
October 13, 1988
From the Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog:
Artist: Bleifeld, Stanley, 1924- , sculptor. Zona, John, architect. Fonderia Beani e Cacia, founder.
Title: Jacksonville Navy Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates: 1987. Copyrighted 1987.
Medium: Sculpture: bronze; Foundation: granite.
Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.;
Foundation: approx. H. 6 in. x Diam. 11 ft.
Inscription: (On metal portion of plank, between the dock posts:) S. Bleifeld (copyright symbol) 1987 (on end of same plank, incised letters:) FOUND - BEANI E. CACIA signed Founder's mark appears.
Description: A young sailor looking out to sea, leans forward, resting his proper left foot on a dock post. He is dressed in uniform, with sailor's cap and scarf tie. He wears an unbuttoned navy peacoat with upturned collar, and bell-bottom pants. His duffle bag sits next to the dock post. The entire sculpture sits atop a raised platform with granite foundation. Steps lead up to the platform on four sides.