Toronto Ohio Historical Marker
by Kathy K McClellan
Title
Toronto Ohio Historical Marker
Artist
Kathy K McClellan
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Toronto Ohio Historical Marker by Kathy K. McClellan is an image created for Day 150 of the 365 Challenge (Journal 2022).
I am creating and posting this image on Memorial Day (USA), May 30th, 2022 and it is my contribution to honor those who gave their lives so that others could be free from tyranny.
This monument was erected to honor those who fought and lost their lives in WWI and I chose this monument because my Maternal Grandfather fought, was wounded, captured and kept as a prisoner during that war.
The Ohio Historical Marker reads:
Toronto's Soldiers and Sailors Monument was dedicated on November 11, 1919.
At that dedication, artist Giuseppe Moretti said, "A memorial
should be erected to a single purpose as a tribute to the noble
deeds of our heroes and should be inspired by the worthiness and
sentiments of the human heart." Indeed, the monument is a singularly
important example of World War I military commemorative art in
Ohio. It was the first of Moretti's works devoted to the War and one
of the first erected in the United States. It consists of a centrally
positioned classical female figure representing Liberty flanked by
a soldier and sailor in military uniforms of World War I. It was
commissioned by the Toronto War Board in 1919 and restored and
dedicated in 2004 as the Veterans Victory Pavilion by the Toronto
Beautification Committee. The monument was accepted in the
National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2004.
The monument and park are located in Toronto, Ohio. A photograph of the monument itself can be found in the Landmark Collection titled, "Toronto Monument".
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May 30th, 2022
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