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- BSM_131103_23.JPG: On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to god and my country, and to obey the Scout law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
- BSM_131103_27.JPG: The two symbolic figures represent the sum of the great ideals of past civilizations, developed through the centuries and now at best is delivered by American manhood and womanhood to the present generation.
The Boy Scout, aware of his fellowship with Scouts around the world and symbolic of all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorers striding into the future, represents their hope that all is fine in our nation's past will continue to live in future generations.
The male figure symbolizes love of country, citizenship, patriotism, loyalty, honor, integrity, courage, clean living, and physical development.
The female figure symbolizes the spiritual qualities of good citizenship - enlightenment with the light of faith, love of God, high ideals, liberty, freedom, democracy, love of humanity, lighting the way.
- BSM_131103_60.JPG: Donald De Lue, sculptor, 1964
Wm. Henry Deacy Architect
Donald De Lue
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donald Harcourt De Lue (October 5, 1897, Boston, Massachusetts – August 26, 1988, Leonardo, New Jersey) was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments.
Life and career
De Lue studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and later served as an assistant to sculptors Richard Henry Recchia and Robert P. Baker. This was followed by five years in Paris where he continued his study, while working as an assistant to various French artists. He returned to the United States where he was engaged by Bryant Baker. In 1940 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1943.
In 1941, De Lue won a competition to create sculpture for the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Building in Philadelphia, and from then on he stopped being an assistant for other artists and only worked on his own commissions and creations.
De Lue's works can be found in many museums across America. Like many other sculptors of his generation, he executed architectural works. He was also a prolific designer of medals and medallions.
De Lue taught at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York City during the early 1940s. In 1960, he won two Henry Hering Awards, given by the National Sculpture Society for outstanding collaboration between a sculptor and an architect, for the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, and for the Stations of the Cross at the Loyola Jesuit Seminary in Shrub Oak, New York.
In 1967, De Lue won the American Numismatic Society's J. Sanford Saltus Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Art of the Medal, known as the Saltus Award.
Beginning in 1964, for many years De Lue was a Trustee of Brookgreen Gardens, as well as Chairman of the Art Committee.
In his later years, De Lue and his wife Naomi (who served as a model for many of his statues) lived in the Leonardo section of Middletown Township, New Jersey, a small shore town with a bayside beach and long-distance view of lower Manhattan. De Lue cited the 23rd Psalm and the words "He leadeth me beside the still waters..." as the inspiration by which he arrived in Leonardo from New York City. Although he continued to maintain his NYC apartment, it was in his Leonardo studio that many of his largest statues were made. One of the last was a commission by a private individual intended for the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. The bigger-than-life statue of Bowie, Travis and Crockett was considered "too violent" by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for placement in a sacred chapel. A compromise was sought, that the statue be installed outside the building in the large courtyard rather than inside. DeLue and his patron, a wealthy Texan, preferred the statue be installed in the interior space for which it was made. Unfortunately, the impasse was never resolved in De Lue's lifetime.
Donald and Naomi De Lue are buried in Manalapan Township, New Jersey at the cemetery at Old Tennent Presbyterian Church.
Selected works
Pennsylvania Sites
* The Alchemist, Chemistry Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1940.
* Law and Justice, Robert N. C. Nix, Sr., Federal Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941.
* Eagles, Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941.
* Triton Fountain, Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941.
* Louisiana State Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1971.
* Mississippi State Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1973.
* George Washington Kneeling in Prayer, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1966–67.
Other U.S. Sites
* Harvey S Firestone Memorial, Akron, Ohio, 1950.
* Chancel sculpture at the War Memorial Chapel at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, dedicated May 29, 1960.
* George Washington as Master Mason, Main Branch, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1959–60.
* Replicas at Flushing, New York 1964, Wallingford, Connecticut 1965, Detroit, Michigan 1966, Alexandria, Virginia 1966, Lansing, Michigan 1982, and Indianapolis, Indiana 1987.
* Boy Scout Memorial, President's Park, Washington, DC, 1963.
* Rocket Thrower, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, New York City, 1964. Created for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
* Quest Eternal, Prudential Tower, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967.
* Special Warfare Memorial Statue ("Bronze Bruce"), Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1968. The first Vietnam War memorial.
* The Mountaineer, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1971.
* Thomas Jefferson, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, 1975.
International Sites
* Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, 1953–1956, Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson, architects.
* The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves. Surrounding the 22-foot (6.7.m) statue's base is the inscription: "MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD."
* Allegorical figures of France and America.
* Ceremonial urns.
- Wikipedia Description: Boy Scout Memorial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Boy Scout Memorial is a public artwork by American sculptor Donald De Lue, located at The Ellipse in Washington, D.C., United States. This sculpture was surveyed in 1993 as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program. The Boy Scout Memorial serves as a tribute to the Boy Scouts of America.
Description
The sculpture consists of three bronze figures: a Boy Scout in the center wearing a uniform stepping forward and carrying a walking stick in his left hand. Flanking him are two larger allegorical figures of a man and woman. They represent "American Manhood and Womanhood and the ideals they will pass onto the youth." To the Boy Scout's right side is the male figure, nearly nude, who carries a bundle of leaves and drapery in his left arm. Part of the drapery blows across his middle as he strides forward with his right leg. To the Scout's left side is the female figure who holds a torch in her left hand that has a gold-colored flame. Her left hand extends slightly and her palm is facing upward and she strides forward on her right leg. The three figures are mounted on a hexagonal-shaped base (62 x 92 x 98 in.) and in front of the sculpture is a circular pool of water.
A panel on the base is inscribed with the Scout Oath:
On my honor I
Will do my best
To do my duty
To God & my
Country and to obey the
Scout law to
Help other people
At all times
To keep myself
Physically strong
Mentally awake
And morally
Straight
The rim of the pool is inscribed:
This memorial was authorized by the Congress of the United States and directed in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America in grateful tribute to the men and women whose generosity devotion and leadership have brought Scouting to the nation's youth and to honor all members of the Boy Scouts of America who in days of peace and times of peril have their duty to God and their country.
Information
The three figures represent various concepts. According to the National Park Service the Boy Scout "represents the aspirations of all past, present, and future Scouts throughout the world. The male figure exemplifies physical, mental, and moral fitness, love of country, good citizenship, loyalty, honor, and courage. He carries a helmet, a symbol of masculine attire. The female figure symbolizes enlightenment with the love of God and fellow man, justice, freedom, and democracy. She holds the eternal flame of God's Holy Spirit."
The sculpture was founded by Modern Art Foundry in New York.
Acquisition
In 1959, the 50th anniversary year of Scouting, Lyndon B. Johnson, then Senate majority leader, introduced a measure to establish the memorial. Upon approval, funds for the sculpture were raised by Boy Scouts collecting dimes throughout the country, therefore no government spending was used. The names of all the collecting Scouts are inscribed on scrolls that are placed inside the base of the unit.
The sculpture sits at the location of the 1937 National Scout Jamboree, the first jamboree. It was dedicated on November 7, 1964 and accepted by Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark who celebrated his 50th anniversary of being an Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) on that day.
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