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 Simon Bolivar Statue - Bolivar, Missouri Posted by:  ddtfamily
N 37° 36.421 W 093° 24.456
15S E 464023 N 4162292
Statue of the great liberator, donated by Venezuela to the City of Bolivar
Waymark Code: WMGZQ5
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2013
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This bronze sculpture of South American liberator General Simon Bolivar was donated by Venezuela to the people of Bolivar, Missouri, in 1948. Bolivar is depicted standing in a decorative, high-collared military uniform, without a hat. He wears a cape, wrapped over his left shoulder and arm and around his waist. In his right hand he holds a sword, while holding a scroll in his left hand. The sculpture is about 10-feet tall and stands atop a 14-foot tall marble base. The monument is surrounded by a square picket fence with flags of the United States and Venezuela flown inside the fence.
The text on the base reads:
The Government
and the people of Venezuela
To the Noble city which renders through it name,
a perpetual homage
To the memory of the liberator
SIMON BOLIVAR
July 5th 1948
El gobierno
Y el pueblo de Venezuela
a la noble ciudad que rinde con su nombre
perpetuo homenaje
a la memoria del libertador
SIMON BOLIVAR
5 de Julio de 1948
Dedication Plaque Text:
Presented by President Romulo Gallegos
Dedicated by President Harry S. Truman of the United States
Bolivar, Missouri
July 5th 1948
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TITLE: Simon Bolivar, (sculpture)
ARTIST(S): Carrara, Marmoleria, sculptor
DATE: Dedicated July 5, 1948
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: black Carrara marble, and white marble
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MO000368
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
College St. & Springfield Ave., Neuhart Park, Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None
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