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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 bronze statue shows a Union soldier on picket duty. Wearing the Union uniform with a U.S. buckle at his waist, he stands on top of a large field boulder, right leg extended behind him and his left foot stepping off the front of the bronze base as…

Intended as a memorial sculpture for Georgiana Vallette Harvey, jewelry manufacturer Henry W. Harvey left monies in trust for the monument at his death in 1922. The twelve-foot statue of a standing Abraham Lincoln was only realized in 1958. The…

The Fighting Gladiator is a bronze copy of the Borghese Gladiator in the museum collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The statue is inscribed "Agasias of Ephesus Son of Dositheos," who is thought to have created the marble original in c. 100…

Italian sculptor Ercole Drei modeled the equestrian statue; Guido Nincheri designed the base. The monument shows General Pulaski mounted on a horse, who is rearing back on its hind legs. Ready for battle, Pulaski holds an upraised arm with sword in…

The celebrated coronet player, Bowen R. Church, was the bandmaster for the Reeve’s American Band, based in Providence and who performed concerts in Roger Williams Park in the early 1900s. The sculptor Aristide Berto Cianfarani modeled a statue of…

The Richard Henry Deming Memorial includes a bronze portrait bust of Deming and an elaborately foliated bronze bench, also known as an exedra. The bust of Deming rests atop a pedestal set into the bench. A seemingly close likeness, the artist William…

Created by the well-known American sculptor Franklin Simmons, the artist modeled Roger Williams in early colonial-period dress including a lace collar, doublet, breeches, stockings, and a long coat. Roger’s wears shoulder-length hair. His face…

The Providence-based architect Oresto DiSaia designed the Marconi Memorial which takes the form of a tall square column with two small, stepped squares at the top. The front of the memorial includes a bas-relief portrait of Marconi, dedicatory…

The Elisha Dyer Memorial, historically recognized as The Falconer, is dedicated to Elisha Dyer, a Brown University graduate (class of 1829) and the 25th Governor of Rhode Island (1857-1859). Created at the bequest of Daniel Wanton Lyman, the grandson…