Civil War statue stands tall again.The Civil War soldier is headless no more. Marcola artist David Miller David Miller could refer to any of the following:
house he purchases is haunted by the young couple who owned it previously and their dog. [Am. Lit., Cin., TV: Topper in Halliwell, 718] See : Ghost Topper Hopalong Cassidy’s faithful horse. to the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery statue Tuesday, making the monument complete for the first time since vandals broke off the original head in December 2001. "It just looks beautiful," said Ruth Lake Holmes, secretary-treasurer of the cemetery association and granddaughter of the man who helped bring the statue to Eugene in 1905. "It matches perfectly." Miller sculpted sculpt v. sculpt·ed, sculpt·ing, sculpts v.tr. 1. To sculpture (an object). 2. To shape, mold, or fashion especially with artistry or precision: the replacement head from an 800-pound block of Vermont marble special-ordered to match the original stone. Miller chiseled chis·eled or chis·elled adj. Made or shaped with or as if with a chisel: a finely chiseled nose. Adj. 1. and chipped at the stone for more than 100 hours before the face - a slightly updated version of the original - emerged. On Tuesday, Miller and Bruce Creps spent the day erecting a scaffold then lining up the head before attaching it to the neck. They set up a makeshift tent over the statue and heated the air inside it, which helped the epoxy used to bond the parts set properly. The statue was rendered headless about a year and a half ago when vandals broke up some headstones and threw pieces of them at the statue. They knocked off the head and, despite a reward and public request for its return, it has been missing since. The statue stands over the graves of 51 men and several nurses who served in the Civil War. It was erected 97 years ago by local residents. Holmes said a rededication Noun 1. rededication - a new dedication; "the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem" dedication - a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose ceremony will be held May 17 as part of National Historic Preservation Historic preservation is the act of maintaining and repairing existing historic materials and the retention of a property's form as it has evolved over time. When considering the United States Department of Interior's interpretation: "Preservation calls for the existing form, Week. - The Register-Guard CAPTION(S): M e m o r i a l Paul Carter / The Register-Guard Artist David Miller (right) uses a rope around the neck of the Civil War statue in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday to help stabilize the 55-pound marble head he sculpted to repair the vandalized memorial. He is helped atop the scaffold by Bruce Creps. The cemetery is on the UO campus. |
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