Soldiers and Sailors Monument / Guiseppe Moretti

Soldiers and Sailors Monument / Guiseppe Moretti (HMTMY)

Location: Toronto, OH 43964 Jefferson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 27.927', W 80° 35.976'

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Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Toronto's Soldiers and Sailors Monument was dedicated on November 11, 1919. At that dedication, artist Giuseppe Moretti said, "A memorial should be erected to a single purpose as a tribute to the noble deeds of our heroes and should be inspired by the worthiness and sentiments of the human heart." Indeed, the monument is a singularly important example of World War I military commemorative art in Ohio. It was the first of Moretti's works devoted to the War and one of the first erected in the United States. It consists of a centrally positioned classical female figure representing Liberty flanked by a soldier and sailor in military uniforms of World War I. It was commissioned by the Toronto War Board in 1919 and restored and dedicated in 2004 as the Veterans Victory Pavilion by the Toronto Beautification Committee. The monument was accepted in the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2004.

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Guiseppe Moretti
Giuseppe Moretti was born in Siena, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1888. For 40 years he sculpted monuments and heroic figures in the United States and Cuba, employing the Beaux-Arts technique, known for its neoclassical style that tended to be heroic and dramatic in nature. Mor etti, known for his eclectic personality and for always wearing a green tie, was a prolific artist with completion of 12 World War I memorials, 19 monumental works, six church sculptures, 24 memorial tablets, 14 cemetery memorials, 27 sculptures in marble, bronze, and aluminum, and 27 bronze statuettes. He created the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Toronto in 1919 as a tribute to the 300 local citizens who answered the call for service during World War I. His other Ohio works include the John Patterson Monument (1925) in Dayton and statue of Simon Perkins (1895) in Akron.
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HM NumberHMTMY
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number9-41
Year Placed2005
Placed ByToronto Beautification Committee - The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 10:09am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 533944 N 4479496
Decimal Degrees40.46545000, -80.59960000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 27.927', W 80° 35.976'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 27' 55.62" N, 80° 35' 58.56" W
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Area Code(s)740
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 200-298 Market St, Toronto OH 43964, US
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