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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…

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…

The Rhode Island Korean War Memorial is primarily composed of a six-foot-tall realist bronze casting of a soldier. The soldier sits atop the monument’s base, which is inscribed with the words "In Tribute to Rhode Island Korean War Veterans." The…

The memorial begins with a small ramp at the far right of the structure. This ramp, located between short, equally distanced stone pillars, invites passersby to step off the brick pathway of Memorial Park and into the stone structure. Stepping across…

Designed by the Philadelphia architect, Paul Cret, the World War I Memorial is a large Doric column rising 115 feet above its base. On top of the shaft is a female allegorical figure of Victory. The drum at the base of the column includes carved…

Located in Biltmore Park, the bronze full-size sculpture of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Harrison Young stands mid-stride atop a large, rugged boulder. He wears a Civil War military uniform including a collared jacket, tall boots and a hat. His right…

The Carrie Brown Bajnotti Memorial Fountain sits atop an elevated, circular patch of grass, enclosed by a rounded concrete curb. Around this grassy area wraps a red brick path originating from each of Burnside Park’s six points of ingress. The paths…

The Statue of General Ambrose E. Burnside is an equestrian monument depicting Ambrose E. Burnside located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is situated in the eastern corner of Burnside Park, a green space that sits opposite the Kennedy Plaza Bus…

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…

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a forty-two-foot-tall monument made of blue Westerly granite and bronze. This memorial was the result of efforts by a committee of nine men from Rhode Island who wanted to honor the state’s 1,727 fallen veterans…