The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-05
THE VICTORY ARCH
Wins Approval from the Artistic Stand
point.

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point.
| The arch where the laurel wreath of
victory was fguratively conferred on the
soldiers and sailors is located at the con
fiuence of MAN, Washington and Elm
streets. Rearing its top over 40 feet from
the pavement and standing massively
on foundation 3s feet wide and 10 feet
deep, 1T gives the appearance of having
been built for permanency, although, of
course, the structure will in due time be
RACED. The arch beneath which the sol.
diers and sailors marched is 10 feet wide
and Fl feet in height at the apex.
| The structure is of wooden frame with
stucco finish, the white coating making
striking appearance as it cleaned in
the sunlight and was silhouetted against
the sky under the rays of powerful
searchlights at night. On the outer walls
are panels bearing the names of the
service men of Barre (City and Town
in the great war, there being 500 such
names inscribed, of which As bore the
gold star indicating the supreme sacri.
| flee.
Perhaps the most striking feature Of
the structure is the symbol of victory
which surmounts the center OF the top,
this symbol being four white horses
drawing chariot containing female
| figure in whose appraised right hand is
the laurel wreath of victory and in
whose left hand is the sword pointing
to the earth and denoting the end of the
war. This symbol carries out the old Ro.
man idea of victory On either
side of this symbol is an eagle with out.
stretched wings, typifying liberty, while
on the corner just back of the victory
symbol are representations of ancient
armor and weapons
On the beautiful futed columns in
front of the arch are figures, on the left
facing the archl Humanity calling upon
Power for deliveranoe from danger, and
on the right Power responding and strik.
ing down the oppressor, Autocracy. On
the back side of the arch, surmounting
the pillars, are figures representing Agri-
culture and Commerce, for which, in
part, the Ameicans fought in the war.
The seals on the four columns represent
Great Britain, France, Italy and Bel
GUM, while the keystone seal just above
the arch is that of the United States
On the upper sides of the main struc.
ture are symbols of the weapons with
which the war was won by the allies
they being crossed swords, decorated
with oak leaves.
Lower on the sides are wreaths of oak
and laurel representing power and glory,
one of the wreaths being dedicated to
the dead and the other to the living
Bias reliefs at the base of the arch rep.
resent artillery, infantry, cavalry and
navy.
The inscription on the front of the
arch is as follows;
TO COMMEMORATE THE HOME
| COMING OF THE BOYS WHO
FOUGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
A. d. 1919.
And on the opposite side is the Latin
equivalent of the same.
In conception and in construction the
arch carries out admirably the spirit Of
the purpose. 1t is dedicated to the deeds
of the men in the service, particularly
the Barre men, and 1t carries out the
symbolism of victory to a remarkable
degree. On all sides were heard exclama-
lions over the beauty of the structure
! The names of the men in the war are
inscribed in dark letters, easily discerni-
bic from some distance. the names occu-
plying panels on all sides Of the struc,
ture. The placing of the names was
done by many craftsmen from the gran
lite plants of the city, and the work is
well executed.
| In fact, the entire structure bears the
marks of the artistic and reflects great
credit on the men who engaged in the
work. The committee which had charge
of the construction was composed of
b. W. Hooker, Paul Scampini, George
Collamer, y. b. Sanguinetti, c. F. Milar
]. G. Calcagni and N. B. Ballard 1t was
less than 10 days ago that A. b. Lane
and his workmen began the erection Of
the frame work, and latterly they have
worked night and day to get the arch
completed in time for the celebration.
in the meantime the sculptors and
artists were busy preparing the allegor-
ical figures to furnish the final triumph
of the scheme N. Pelaggi of Mortified,
who designed the arch, gave the benefit
of his experience on the arch constructed
at Mortified some weeks ago, and much
of the fine modelling was done at his
granite plant in Mortified, while other
parts were turned out at the plant of
Novelli & Calcagni in Barre. The figure
of the woman in the victory group was
done at the Novell & Calcagni plant,
while pilasters, bases, columns, caps and
many of the carved pieces were modelled
and finished at the Pelaggi plant.
Two well-known local artists contrib
uted materially to the realistic represen.
tations, Carlo Abate having turned out
the horses that surmount the top of the
arch, while Charles Pamperl modelled the
eagles at either side of the victory
group, as well as one of the other pieces
Toward the latter stages of the work
Angelo c. Calderara turned his hand to
some of the fine details of the modelling
and carving.
1t is probable that the arch will re.
main in position for the remainder of
the summer, or until the weathering to
which it will be subjected will cause the
outer covering to lose its glory. The
arch is sure 20 be an object of admira-
ton for some time.
Sports at the Park.
A crowd of 5000 or 10000 saw the
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