On November 15, 2019. the National Civic Art Society sponsored this talk by sculptor Sabin Howard, who presented his magnificent classical design for the forthcoming National World War I Memorial. The Memorial is to be located in Pershing Park in Washington, D.C.
Howard's design is a monumental 58-foot-long by 8-foot-high bronze sculpture titled "A Soldier's Journey." Flowing from left-to-right, the 38-figure composition allegorically tells the story of a soldier who leaves his family for the front, endures the ordeal of battle, and returns home. The ideals of heroism, family, and caring are juxtaposed with the violence, terror, and aggression of battle. The sculpture simultaneously tells a second story--namely, America's coming of age during the Great War.
Introductions by Justin Shubow, President of the National Civic Art Society, and Edwin Fountain, Vice Chair of the U.S. World War I Centennial Foundation
Watch the video HERE.
Edwin Foundation, Vice Chair of the World War I Centennial Commission; Sculptor Sabin Howard, National Civic Art Society President Justin Shubow
Sculptor Sabin Howard