Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete, limestone or sandstone, stucco
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Marine Corps Historical Division Washington Navy Yard Washington District of Columbia 20374
Located Marine Corps Base In front of Butler Hall, old Post Headquarters Building #1019 Quantico Virginia
Date:
1918
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On proper left, below foot:) Ch. R. Peyre (On back of proper left foot:) VALd'OSNE/FONDEUR/PARIS (On bronze plaque on front of pedestal:) 1775 SEMPER FIDELIS 1918/IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/5TH REGIMENT/UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WAR IN 1918/THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY/THE THOMAS ROBERTS REATH/MARINE POST 186 AMERICAN LEGION/NOVEMBER 10, 1921 (On bronze plaque on right side of pedestal:) 1775 SEMPER FIDELIS 1918/IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/6TH REGIMENT/UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WAR IN 1918/THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY/THE THOMAS ROBERTS REATH/MARINE POST 186 AMERICAN LEGION/NOVEMBER 10, 1921 (On bronze plaque on left side of pedestal:) 1775 SEMPER FIDELIS 1918/IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/6TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION/UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WAR IN 1918/THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY/THE THOMAS ROBERTS REATH/MARINE POST 186 AMERICAN LEGION/NOVEMBER 10, 1921 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Full-length bronze figure of a World War I United States Marine. He wears a uniform with hat and boots. In his hands he holds a gun horizontally across the front of his body. His gaze is directed to the proper left. The figure stands on a stone base resembling a pile of stones. The back stone rises behind the figure to knee height. The sculpture and base stand on a square pedestal of concrete covered with stucco.
