Center Harbor Artillery Relief on Honor Roll, (sculpture)

Object Details

founder

Liberty Bronze Works

contractor

Laconia Monument Company

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

Image on file.

The Meredith News (New Hampshire), June 3, 1992, pg. 1.

(On World War I plaque:) (copyright symbol) LIBERTY BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (On World War I plaque, raised letters:) IN HONOR OF/CENTER HARBOR BOYS/WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY/(List of names in two columns) (First Column) 1914 WORLD WAR 1918/(List of eleven names)/U.S. NAVY/NOYES V. SANBORN/SPANISH WAR/EBEN S. HAWKINS (Second column) 1861 CIVIL WAR 1865/(List of eighteen names)/"THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE,/BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL/NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH."/A Lincoln (On center plaque, raised letters:) IN HONOR OF/THOSE WHO SERVED FROM/CENTER HARBOR/IN WORLD WAR II/(List of thirty-eight names in two columns)/DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD/IN MEMORY OF CENTER HARBOR MEN AND WOMEN/WHO BY THEIR UNSELFISH PATRIOTISM HAVE/ADVANCED THE AMERICAN IDEALS OF LIBERTY AND/THE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD OF MEN (On right plaque, raised letters:) IN HONOR OF/THOSE WHO SERVED FROM/CENTER HARBOR/KOREAN WAR/(List of four names in two columns)/VIETNAM WAR/(List of eleven names in two columns)/PERSIAN GULF WAR/DANIEL J. WHITE/IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS OF ALL WARS/FROM THIS TOWN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY TO PRESERVE/THE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY unsigned Founder's mark appears.

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Summary

A granite stele with three bronze plaques. The left text plaque includes a relief scene of a World War I artillery battery in action, with three cannons. In the foreground, a soldier lies wounded or dead near the first artillery battery. Below the relief scene is text. The central text plaque is decorated with emblems of the three branches of the Armed Services. The right text plaque is decorated with the military badges of the U.S. Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. Each plaque is topped by a heraldic eagle clutching a banner with "USA" on it. The eagles' wings are outstretched and flanked by semi-unfurled American flags and foliage.

Installed 1920 (?). Dedicated May 30, 1992

Control number

IAS NH000284

Type

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures-Relief

Sculptures-Stele

Sculptures

Medium

Plaques: bronze; Stele: granite

Owner/Location

Administered by Town of Center Harbor Old Meredith Road, P. O. Box 140 Center Harbor New Hampshire 03226

Located Nichols Memorial Library Intersection of Plymouth Street, Main Street, & Meredith Road Center Harbor New Hampshire

Title

Center Harbor Honor Roll, (sculpture)

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

History--United States--Civil War

History--United States--Spanish American War

History--United States--World War I

History--United States--World War II

History--United States--Korean War

History--United States--Vietnam War

History--United States--Persian Gulf War

State of Being--Evil--War

Figure group--Male

Occupation--Military--Soldier

Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform

State of Being--Illness--Wound

Object--Weapon--Cannon

Architecture--Military--Battlefield

Animal--Bird--Eagle

Emblem--Seal

Record ID

siris_ari_331144

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