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This Hiker (1911) is a 108-inch-tall bronze figure of a white male volunteer soldier. He strides forward with his left leg before his right and stares directly at the Federal Building. His arms are at his hips holding a Krag–Jørgensen rifle; his…

Installed in Garibaldi Square, the Monument to the Festa Italiana Society is a large Indian granite block (pink and gray) with a dedicatory inscription on the face of it. On the back of the monument, the names of the monument committee members are…

The Bicentennial Haitian Independence Memorial takes the form of a granite plinth. The coat of arms at the top of the memorial includes a palm tree in the center with a liberty cap on top, six blue draped flags with three on each side of the tree,…

The Gun Totem is an obelisk made from 1,000 reclaimed firearms that were purchased through the Pittsburgh buy-back firearms program. Set into concrete in a process that the artist identifies as fossilization, bits of the concrete were chipped away to…

Carved by Bino Bini, an Italian sculptor and medalist who was based in Florence, the marble monument to Verrazzano consists of three bas-reliefs: a portrait of the explorer; an outline of Verrazzano’s ship, the Delfina, with a compass outlined above…

The Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial is made up of six main components: the Outer Curb, the Entrance Gate, the Inner Curb, the Path, the Columns, and the Life Stone.

The Outer Curb, made of light gray granite, lines the memorial. On it are the…

There are 6 main components to the Memorial﹣the Outer Curb, the Entrance Gate, the Inner Curb, The Path, The Columns, and The Life Stone (RI Holocaust Memorial App).The Outer Curb, made of light gray granite, lines the memorial. On it are the names…

In 1868, Albert Dailey traveled to Naples and stayed in the Washington Hotel, the former Palazzo Chiatamone. At the hotel, he excavated the marble bust of Ferdinand II/Ferdinand I from the gardens of the former palazzo. At his death in 1877, Dailey…

The Fox Point Veterans Memorial was first proposed to be a "living memorial" that would be an addition to the Providence Public Library. In addition, the memorial was proposed to reap economic benefits for the families of the veterans. Neither of…

Dedicated in 1951, the Fox Point Veterans Memorial was first proposed to be a "living memorial" that would be an addition to the Providence Public Library. Aristide Berto Cianfarani, an Italian-born American sculptor, known for his monuments and war…