Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Person: Stephen Phillips
Aero Memorial
Paul Manship,
1948 (installed 1950)
* memorial (with quotes): Julian Biddle,
Richard Foulke Day,
Norton Downs, Jr.,
John Drinkwater (quote),
Carl Christian Glanz,
William Besse Kuen,
Stephen Phillips,
William Shakespeare (quote),
Stephen Spender (quote)
and
Henry Howard Houston Woodward
* small
reclining person,
birds,
celestial globe
* The surrounding inscribed walls and benches are also part of the memorial.
* inscription:
pillar: Aero Memorial, World War I, 1917-1918
walls:
To the aviators of Pennsylvania killed in action
Thou hast caught splendour from the sailless sea, and mystery from
many stars outwatched. - Stephen Phillips
Master and Maker, God of right the soldier dead are at thy gate who
kept the spears of honour bright and freedom's house inviolate.
-John Drinkwater
Born of the sun they traveled a short while toward the sun, and left
the vivid air signed with their honor. - Stephen Spender
Death makes no conquest of the conqueror for now he lives in fame
though not in life. -William Shakespeare
* Aviator Park. East side of 20th St. between Race and the Parkway.
* 39.958090,-75.172060 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites,
War
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece
+One of Max Buten's pictures of this piece
+Another of Max Buten's pictures of this piece
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Paul Manship page
+uswarmemorials.com Julian Biddle page
+findagrave.com's Richard Foulk Day page
+findagrave.com's Norton Downs, Jr. page
+wikipedia.org's John Drinkwater page
+uswarmemorials.org Carl Christian Glanz page
+ancestry.com's William Besse Kuen page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipedia.org's Stephen Spender page
+
pafa.org page for Violet Oakley's 1921 painting Henry Howard Houston Woodward
