Army Nurses Memorial

Army Nurses Memorial
Army Nurses Memorial
	The memorial in 2005
Artist	Bela Pratt
Medium	Bronze sculpture
Subject	Nurse and soldier
Dimensions	240 cm (94 in)
Location	Massachusetts State House, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
	42°21′29.4″N 71°3′49.3″W / 42.358167°N 71.063694°W

The Army Nurses Memorial by Bela Pratt is installed at the Massachusetts State House, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Description and history

The bronze sculpture depicts a nurse offering water to a soldier and rests on a granite base. The memorial is approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) tall. An inscription on the front of the base reads: TO THE ARMY NURSES / FROM 1861 TO 1865 / ANGELS OF MERCY AND LIFE / AMID SCENES OF CONFLICT AND DEATH / A TRIBUTE OF HONOR AND GRATITUDE / FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT / DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS / 1914.^[1]

References

^ "Army Nurses Memorial, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2019.

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[SI-1] "Army Nurses Memorial, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2019.

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