Wars of America

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Wars of America
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Wars of America is located in Essex County, New Jersey
Wars of America
Location Military Park, 614-706 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area less than one acre
Built 1926
Architect Borglum,Gutzon
MPS Public Sculpture in Newark MPS
NRHP Reference # 94001257[1]
NJRHP # 1338[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 28, 1994
Designated NJRHP September 13, 1994

Wars of America is a "colossal" bronze sculpture by Gutzon Borglum containing "forty-two humans and two horses",[3] located in Military Park, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The sculpture sets on a base of granite from Stone Mountain.

The sculpture was erected in 1926, eight years after World War I ended, but its intent was broadened to honor all of America's war dead. In describing it, Borglum said "The design represents a great spearhead. Upon the green field of this spearhead we have placed a Tudor sword, the hilt of which represents the American nation at a crisis, answering the call to arms."[4]

The sculpture was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1994.

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  3. ↑ Thurlow, Fearn, "Newark's Sculpture: A survey of public monuments and memorial statuary", The Newark Museum Quarterly, Winter 1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 6
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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