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]
army, nurses, memorial, bela, pratt, installed, massachusetts, state, house, boston, massachusetts, united, states, memorial, 2005artistbela, prattmediumbronze, sculpturesubjectnurse, soldierdimensions240, locationmassachusetts, state, house, boston, massachus. The Army Nurses Memorial by Bela Pratt is installed at the Massachusetts State House in Boston Massachusetts United States Army Nurses MemorialThe memorial in 2005ArtistBela PrattMediumBronze sculptureSubjectNurse and soldierDimensions240 cm 94 in LocationMassachusetts State House Boston Massachusetts U S Coordinates42 21 29 4 N 71 3 49 3 W 42 358167 N 71 063694 W 42 358167 71 063694Description and history editThe 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 edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Visual arts portal Army Nurses Memorial sculpture Smithsonian Institution Archived from the original on March 29 2023 Retrieved October 13 2019 nbsp nbsp This article about a sculpture in Massachusetts is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Army Nurses Memorial amp oldid 1197599321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
