Spanish-American War - Elmira, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"Standing male soldier dressed in a shirt, pants, boots, and is wearing a hat. He is carrying a rifle in his hands, at waist level, in front of him. He has a canteen and satchel slung over his proper left shoulder. Bas-relief plaque on base depicts a standing male with saber, a standing male figure with rifle and a kneeling female with arms outstretched."

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"In the course of her career she created many public monuments, both in conjunction with her husband and on her own. Her best known statue is The Hiker, a monument commemorating the soldiers who fought in the wars of the United States' turn of the 20th Century Manifest Destiny territorial expansion, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War and the Boxer Rebellion. Around 50 versions of this work can be discovered spread over much of the United States"

TITLE: (Spanish-American War) ARTIST(S): Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles DATE: Installed 1929 MEDIUM: Figure: bronze; Base: stone CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000267 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Wisner Park Main Street Elmira New York DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Rifle is below waist level. The plaque is a circle inside of a cross. The cross has Cuba, Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. on each of the parts of the cross. The circle has Spanish War Veterans 1898-1902 around the outside.

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