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Torch of Freedom (Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial, ca. 1976) in Washington, D.C.
by Felix W de Weldon (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area (click link for more in that area)
Scroll down for 23 pictures
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In what follows, panels are shown from bottom to top
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0000001/00140_0000001010 (added ca. 2006)
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
"THESE ARE THE TIMES
THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS"
THOMAS PAINE
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0000001/00140_0000001020 (added ca. 2006)
THE CONFEDERACY
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0000001/00140_0000001030 (added ca. 2006)
WORLD WAR II ATLANTIC
"VICTORY HOWEVER LONG AND HARD THE
ROAD MAY BE FOR WITHOUT VICTORY THERE IS NO SURVIVAL"CHURCHILL
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0000001/00140_0000001040 (added ca. 2006)
KOREA "LAND OF THE MORNING CALM - PRELUDE TO
THE STORM" RIDGEWAY
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0000001/00140_0000001050 (added ca. 2006)
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0000001/00140_0000001060 (added ca. 2006)
SINCE WARS BEGIN IN THE MINDS OF MEN, IT IS IN
THE MINDS OF MEN THAT DEFENSES OF PEACE MUST BE CONSTRUCTED
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0000001/00140_0000001070 (added ca. 2006)
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0000001/00140_0000001080 (added ca. 2006)
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0000001/00140_0000001090 (added ca. 2006)
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0000001/00140_0000001100 (added ca. 2006)
WAR OF IBIZ "OH SAY CAN YOU SEE...
THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE"
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
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0000001/00140_0000001110 (added ca. 2006)
THE UNION
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0000001/00140_0000001120 (added ca. 2006)
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR "REMEMBER THE MAINE"
BATTLE CRY
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0000001/00140_0000001130 (added ca. 2006)
VIETNAM "THE MISSING WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN --
THEIR GLORY WILL LIVE FOREVER"
SCULPTOR
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0000001/00140_0000001140 (added ca. 2006)
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0000001/00140_0000001160 (added ca. 2006)
1776 - 1976
OUT OF THE PAST SO GREAT
TO BUILD A GREATER FUTURE
IN HONOR AND MEMORY
OF THE VETERANS
OF ALL AMERICA'S WARS
WHO BY THEIR SERVICE KEPT THE
TORCH OF FREEDOM
BURNING
THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED BY
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE U.S.
AND
THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE V.F.W.
IN HONOR
OF ALL WHO HAVE SERVED
THEIR PARENTS, WIVES AND CHILDREN
FELIX [DE] WELDON 1975
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0000001/00140_0000001170 (added ca. 2006)
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0000001/00140_0000001180 (added ca. 2006)
"THE SPIRIT OF '76"
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0000001/00140_0000001190 (added ca. 2006)
CIVIL WAR APPOMATTOX
"THOUGHT MAY THE MINDS OF MEN DIVIDE,
LOVE MAKES THE HEART OF NATIONS ONE"
HOWE
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0000001/00140_0000001200 (added ca. 2006)
WORLD WAR I "LAFAYETTE, WE ARE HERE"
PERSHING
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0000001/00140_0000001210 (added ca. 2006)
WORLD WAR II PACIFIC
"UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE"
NIMITZ
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0000001/00140_0000001220 (added ca. 2006)
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0000001/00140_0000001230 (added ca. 2006)
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 54 Item #1.37; Capitol Hill area)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Felix W de Weldon (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Military Services
Location: Maryland Ave & 2nd St NE (NE of Supreme Ct) Washington, D.C.
See Capitol Hill area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Union Station (Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000056 (dcMem ID #140 )
Links & other sources
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (2)
VFW website
Wikipedia article on the VFW
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