Relief: bronze; Wall and benches: Mt. Airy granite; Plaza: seamed face granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Exedra
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Cincinnati Cincinnati Park Board 950 Eden Park Drive Cincinnati Ohio 45202
Located Eden Park Overlook Cincinnati Ohio
Date:
1923. Dedicated 1923
Notes:
Cincinnati Park Board, "Art in the Park," Cincinnati, OH., n. d.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OH5016, 1989.
Monumental News, April 1923; Jan. 1924.
Image on file.
Monumental News, Jan. 1924, pg. 30.
Clement J. Barnhorn/1923 (Granite wall, below relief:) FREDERICK W. GALBRAITH/NATIONAL COMMANDER/1921/ERECTED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION/1923 (Bronze plaque on front of rectangular planter:) COLONEL FREDERICK W. GALBRAITH, JR./MAY 6, 1874-JULY 9, 1921/PRESIDENT, CINCINNATI ROTARY CLUB 1914-1915/COMMANDING OFFICER, 147TH INFANTRY OHIO NATIONAL/GUARD, WORLD WAR I, FIRST NATIONAL COMMANDER, AMERICAN LEGION 1920/DEDICATED 1986/ROTARY INTERNATIONAL/CINCINNATI ROTARY CLUB/(American Legion emblem) signed
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Summary:
The semicircular memorial consists of two white granite, curving benches flanking a low rectangular granite wall. In the center of the wall is a rectangular bronze relief plaque. A wreath is carved into the granite on either side of the plaque and above each wreath is a large shallow bowl. Two sets of three steps lead up to the seating area and between the steps is a rectangular planter. The ends of the benches are capped with bronze American Legion emblems. The relief plaque set in the center of the wall has a portrait of Colonel Galbraith inside a medallion which is flanked by two World War I soldiers. Next to the soldier on the proper right is a sailor and next to the soldier on the proper left is a nurse. A garland of laurel leaves passes through the hands of each figure. At either end of the plaque is an angel holding a symbol, one of war and one of peace.