War Mothers' Monument - Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

More from the Smithsonian listing: ...by his proper right side with both hands. He stands on a peaked roof structure, supported by four Doric columns and set atop a multi-tiered base. Steps lead up to the monument.

Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 1/2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 14 ft. x 77 in. x 8 ft.
Inscription: (On lintel at top of one side of base:) WORLD WAR/1917 HEROES/1918/(bronze plaque:) A TRIBUTE TO/THE MEN/OF MONROE COUNTY/WHO IN THE SPIRIT OF LOYALTY/SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918/AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/THOSE INSCRIBED BELOW/WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/(list of thirty-two names in two columns follows)/ERECTED 1923

Remarks: The monument commemorates the World War I soldiers of Monroe County, Indiana. It was erected by the Monroe County War Mothers organization, with fundraising beginning in 1923. The cost of the monument was $3,309.75, raised through public subscription and fundraising events, with $800 collected through the sale of a lot donated by J. R. McDaniel of Bloomington. IAS files contain a newspaper article from The Indianapolis Star, Nov. 18, 1923, discussing the dedication."

NOTE from (visit link) "The statue is misidentified as a Viquesney Doughboy in the Rose Hill Cemetery online walking tour guide (and on a de-listed Waymarking.com site.) Although the record lists the artist as "unknown", the statue is identical to ones in Funkstown, MD, and Warren, PA, both known to be made by W. H. Mullins of Salem, Ohio."

Visited on a beautiful day with Indiana state flower peonies in bloom.

TITLE: War Mothers' Monument ARTIST(S): Unknown DATE: Dedicated Nov. 17, 1923. MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: native limestone CONTROL NUMBER: IN000695 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Located in Rose Hill Cemetery, 4th & Elm Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47403 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The bayonet tip is broken off.

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