Monday, November 12, 2012

Chicago - Museum Campus / Tribute to Freedom and Water Wall



Tribute to Freedom





Tribute to Freedom

Installed: 2003

Relief -Sculptures by Anna Koh Varilla and Jeffrey Hanson Varilla

Location: North entrance to Soldier Field
 
 








Tribute to Freedom  relief sculpture 





Dedicated to the defenders of our country



Tribute to Freedom

Relief -Sculptures by Anna Koh Varilla and Jeffrey Hanson Varilla
 
 
From the official website,  click here..
Artists Anna Koh Varilla and Jeffrey Hanson Varilla created this monumental bronze bas-relief depicting men and women of the Armed Services and their families relaxing along Chicago’s lakefront with the skyline in the background. The figures represent Chicago’s broad ethnic and racial diversity as well as a range of historical periods. The fifteen-feet-tall sculpture is located at the north entrance to Soldier Field 
 



 

The monument’s other side (east side) features a famous quotation by John F. Kennedy, which reads
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the success and survival of liberty."



 
 
 



Adjacent to the relief sculpture is a granite waterfall, with sculpted bronze medallions to symbolize each of the branches of the Armed Services.





 POW-MIA
You are Not Forgotten
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force




 
 
United States Merchant Marine
In Peace and War



Reserves


 
National Guard



United States Coast Guard
 


 
Department of Air Force
United States of America
 

 
 
Department of the Navy
United States of America


 
United states Marine Corps
Department of the Navy


 
Department of the Army
United States of America








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