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Image on file.
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(On frieze:) Edmond Amateis, Sculptor (By feet of bull on right portion of frieze:) Ugo Lavaggi, Carver MCMXXXV signed
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Summary:
Consists of a tower adorned with figures representing Courage, Honor, Patriotism, and Sacrifice; a terrace with two large sphinx-like figures --Memory (facing east) and Future (facing west) --who conceal their faces with their wings; two buildings containing war relics and murals; a retaining wall with bronze portrait reliefs of the five allied commanders of World War I (Baron Jacques of Belgium, Armando Diaz of Italy, Ferdinand Foch of France, John J. Pershing of U.S. and Lord Earl Beatty of Great Britain); and the Great Frieze on the north terrace wall. The Great Frieze depicts the sufferings of War and the blessings of Peace. It shows the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, mourners, and agricultural workers bringing in the harvest. At each end of the frieze are the Stars and Stripes on which is carved the "clinging ivy of remembrance" and a great sword as a symbol of might to defend an orderly and just government.