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A location for a monument in [[MARSHALL PARK]] became available with the City of Dubuque providing a two-acre plot. A fund-raising campaign was begun with a target of $300,000 to cover the cost of the design and construction. The design was the creation of sculptors Saunders Schultz and William Severson of St. Louis, Missouri, and architect Thomas Nesbit of Madison, Wisconsin. The seven-member panel of professional judges that selected the design was chaired by [[NORMAN, Wayne Albert|Wayne NORMAN]]. Nesbit received ten thousand dollars for his entry. The term "bow" is short for rainbow from the biblical story in Genesis where after the flood, God set his "bow" in the sky. Construction on the monument began in 1990. | A location for a monument in [[MARSHALL PARK]] became available with the City of Dubuque providing a two-acre plot. A fund-raising campaign was begun with a target of $300,000 to cover the cost of the design and construction. The design was the creation of sculptors Saunders Schultz and William Severson of St. Louis, Missouri, and architect Thomas Nesbit of Madison, Wisconsin. The seven-member panel of professional judges that selected the design was chaired by [[NORMAN, Wayne Albert|Wayne NORMAN]]. Nesbit received ten thousand dollars for his entry. The term "bow" is short for rainbow from the biblical story in Genesis where after the flood, God set his "bow" in the sky. Construction on the monument began in 1990. | ||
[[Image:imp389.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Mayor's proclamation. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | |||
Constructed about twenty-four feet high, Battle Bows consists of four stainless steel semi-arches. Three of the arches, designed in plain polished steel, circle a fourth laminated with four-foot long ceramic tiles fired in Seattle, Washington, representing colorful battle and campaign ribbons from wars beginning with the [[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]] to the [[VIETNAM WAR]]. | Constructed about twenty-four feet high, Battle Bows consists of four stainless steel semi-arches. Three of the arches, designed in plain polished steel, circle a fourth laminated with four-foot long ceramic tiles fired in Seattle, Washington, representing colorful battle and campaign ribbons from wars beginning with the [[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]] to the [[VIETNAM WAR]]. | ||
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Revision as of 04:41, 1 March 2009
BATTLE BOWS. Winning design in the national competition for the Tri-State Veterans Memorial. The idea of creating a monument honoring all from this area who had served their country in the military first occurred after the 1983 Memorial Day parade in Dubuque. The Tri-State Veterans Memorial Association was formed with E.A. Sanderson as president. Harold P. MELOY was elected president after the articles of incorporation for the organization were completed in 1983.
A location for a monument in MARSHALL PARK became available with the City of Dubuque providing a two-acre plot. A fund-raising campaign was begun with a target of $300,000 to cover the cost of the design and construction. The design was the creation of sculptors Saunders Schultz and William Severson of St. Louis, Missouri, and architect Thomas Nesbit of Madison, Wisconsin. The seven-member panel of professional judges that selected the design was chaired by Wayne NORMAN. Nesbit received ten thousand dollars for his entry. The term "bow" is short for rainbow from the biblical story in Genesis where after the flood, God set his "bow" in the sky. Construction on the monument began in 1990.
Constructed about twenty-four feet high, Battle Bows consists of four stainless steel semi-arches. Three of the arches, designed in plain polished steel, circle a fourth laminated with four-foot long ceramic tiles fired in Seattle, Washington, representing colorful battle and campaign ribbons from wars beginning with the REVOLUTIONARY WAR to the VIETNAM WAR.