As he put the finishing touches on the final 11 of 38 bronze figures that tell the captivating story of a World War I hero’s journey, master sculptor Sabin Howard can feel his purpose of giving to a “construction” amid so much “destruction.”
When the massive 58-foot-long and 10-foot-wide memorial that weighs 25 tons makes its debut as the sun sets at 7:19 p.m. on Sept. 13 in Pershing Park, Washington, D.C., visitors will go on a journey through five distinct scenes that follow a soldier’s journey.
Before the artwork’s frieze — that narrates a man who leaves his family behind, joins his brothers in arms, charges into battle, sees the horrific costs of war, and returns home, where he hands his helmet to his child — were assembled on site, the pieces went on their own three-week adventure across the Atlantic Ocean.
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