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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 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…

A crouching lion seems ready to pounce off its base with the back legs bent deeply. Made of a sandy-colored Westerly granite, the lion is carved with a full mane and large paws. His long tail extends backwards, draping the base.

The Isaac Hahn Memorial comprises an octagonal granite wall, granite posts, a green iron memorial gate, and a small garden at the site of the Roger Williams Spring. Two bronze plaques are embedded on the two entry piers: one acknowledging Roger…

The granite fountain was dedicated in 1940 in memory of Henry Bowen Anthony: editor/publisher of the Providence Journal (1838-1884?); Rhode Island governor (1849-1851); and a U.S. Senator (1859-1884). In his will, Anthony left a gift to be designated…

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 George M. Cohan Memorial is a bust portrait of the famed songwriter of such tunes as "Give My Regards to Broadway," "The Yankee Doodle Boy," "Over There," and "You’re a Grand Old Flag." The artist Robert Shure modeled Cohan in a collared shirt,…

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…

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…

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…