Promise of America - Lake Mills, Ia
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N 43° 25.347 W 093° 30.922
15T E 458282 N 4807857
This sculpture, dedicated to Norwegian American immigrants, is located in a turnout on County Hwy 105.
Waymark Code: WM7E9G
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2009
Views: 2
This memorial, consisting of the bronze sculpture on a brick patio, lighted flagpoles with the American, Norwegian, and Iowan flags, and a wooden bench. The sculpture is of a Norwegian immigrant family with their trunk of possessions. The text of marker reads:
The Promise of America
Thousands of Norwegian immigrants came to the prairies of the Upper Midwest in the second half of the Nineteeth Century. With strength and determination they founded a great agricultural community.
A perilous journey now behind them, this immigrant family of the 1860's stands together ready to begin a new life. With faith anf family to sustain them through the hardships which lie ahead - they go forward to claim the promise of America.
In gratitudeto all immigrants who settled on the prairies so long ago, we dedicate this monument.
Clifford J. Carlson, Sculptor
Gift of Monument Site
Ronald and Darlene (Fosnee) Groe
Prairie Restoration
Iowa Living Roadway Trust Fund
(State of Iowa, DOT)
List of Donors
Til Gud alene AEren
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Promise of America
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Clifford J. Carlson
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: not known
Materials used: bronze
Location: Turnoff off County Hwy 105 east of Lake Mills, Iowa
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