world war memorial east providence rhode_island world war memorial bronze sculpture located intersection avenue john street rhode_island united_states sculpture modeled depicts posed soldier standing granite base montana original design modified brutal dedicated july major general gave address highlighted handicap placed soldiers lack invoked fighting ideal embodied montana world war memorial added national_register_of_historic_places design world war memorial designed italian born painter sculptor montana studied manhattan new_york_city new_york montana monuments known particularly new_york included earlier sculpture erected honor war dead brooklyn queens success earlier fighting memorial resulted production copies produced statues won gold medal design sculpture montana modeled communicate character way muscle bound physique expressed concerns montana design brutal modified original design provided montana statue erected formally dedicated july dedication major general gave address highlighted handicap placed soldiers lack invoked fighting ideal embodied montana sculpture soldier stands feet tall feet wide feet deep author nomination writes soldier stands legs apart left hand belt right face wears infantry uniform rough shoes shirt collar open rolled knee torn open helmet ground left foot hangs belt soldier right hip montana signed sculpture montana sculpture rests atop grey granite base feet tall feet wide feet deep corners base small leaf designed feet feet bronze arched tops relief states erected memory citizens served world war lists names soldiers left relief depicts marching infantry column man horseback foot right relief depicts men loading cannon rear relief depicts nurse assisting wounded soldiers time nomination sculpture described moderately good condition surface stained pitted free breaks missing pieces statue stands original location school residential housing importance world war memorial designed montana historically significant city principal effort honor served world war unusually successful depiction soldier battle larger life masculine figure depicted sculpture stands apart stock figures war monuments dynamic pose soldier arising heat battle added national_register_of_historic_places october
World War I Memorial (East Providence, Rhode Island)