Artist/Designer: Rudolf Evans Dedicated: September 26, 1941 Medium: Bronze (sculpture), granite and limestone (base) Description: Jacob Loose,standing on a polished granite base, is a larger than life size bronze male figure. […]
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Designer: Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), New York City Sculptor Dedicated: June 2, 1909 August Robert Meyer (1851-1905) was the first President of the Board of Park Commissioners (1892-1901). His career started as a government
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Park: Washington Square Park Dedicated: September 28, 2011 Designation: Missouri’s official Korean War Veterans Memorial (May 13, 2020) In June of 1950, the United States rushed to the aid of the
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Memorial grove with dedicatory plaques
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Artist/Designer: Robert Graham Dedicated: March 1999 Description: Large face of Charlie Parker. Green patina on face. Trapezoidal base with brown patina. “Bird Lives” inscription on base. The face was not cast
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Artist/Designer: Frederick Cleveland Hibbard (monument), Tom Corbin (children) Dedicated: July 4, 1913; Relocated March 17, 1990; Replacement children placed 1990 Medium: Bronze, Vermont granite Description:Historic Kansas City political figure James Pendergast
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Artist/Designer: Cyrus E. Dallin Dates: Dedicated in 1979, Moved to present location in 1997. Description: A Sioux Quartzite boulder was brought from Minnesota to the farm of Ralph Dooley of Bosworth,
Artist: Jac T. Bowen Dedicated: April 21, 1968 Medium: Stainless steel (sculpture), concrete with exposed aggregate (pedestals) Description: Salvatore Grisafe was a 17-year old youth who was shot to death
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Dedicated: May 29, 1965 Medium: Sandstone , Limestone, Bronze Park: The Concourse Description: This memorial to the late President was donated by the Campo-Manfre-Barbieri Legion Post No. 151. The vertical slab structure
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