Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-11-25
AMERICANS PLAN
BRAZIL MONUMENT
STATUE WILL De SYMBOLIC OF
FRIENDSHIP FELT ~ UNITED
STATES
Committee Formed to Enlist Ration.
wide Support for Memorial
In Behalf of American
People In Brazil

WaShington.-COm has just
)een formed to enlist nationwide sup
lort for plan to present Brazil with
A memorial on behalf of the American
people, I'm connection with the celebra-
ion to be held in Rio de Janeiro next
year TO commemorate the one hun
1redth anniversary OF BrazlPs indie
Jendence. The movement originated
With the American colony in Brazil and
80 h. gnly was it regarded that 1t was
ut Cnce adopted by the American cham
Ecr OF commerce for Brazil, in Rio de
anelro. 1t Is to cooperate with this
chamber that the committee for the
United States has been originated.
Once the plan was revealed 1t COM
manded the ready sympathy OF men
prominent In international affairs,
many of whom offered to serve ON the
American committee the officers of
which are: John l.. Merrill, president
OF All-America Cables Inc, chairman
G. A. Richards vice chairman John
II. Allen, treasurer, and Leslie IL
Freeman, secretary. Other members
Of the committee include such well
known men as Judge Ebert II. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors !;
United States Steel corporation; Ker.
NIT Roosevelt, vice president of the
Karr Steamship company; Lawrence
Armour, vice president Armour and
'ompany; DR.. John Bassett Moore.
president of the Pan-American society !:
Newcomb Carlton, president of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
and Samuel l.. Vauclaln, president of
the Baltimore Locomotive Works.
Announcement OF the Inauguration
Of the movement here was made by
John l.. Merrill, chairman of the newly
formed committee.
''In view of the great and growing
Importance of our commercial rela-
lions, our traditional friendship and fu
ture good WILL" said Mr.. Merrill, ut
seems only fitting that upon the oc-
casion of Brazl's centennial the peo-
pie of the United States should make
substantial and suitable acknowieGg-
ment of their appreciation OF the bona
existing between the two countries by
Offering to the Brazilian nation a
worthy token of our friendship"
Charles Keck of New York, whose
sincere and brilliant work has earned
him widespread reputation as n scuip.
! tor, has been commissioned to create
! The memorial, the selected design OF
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Bronze, symbolic OF Friendship, hold
'ng in her right htsd sprlg o. laurel
and supporting with her left hand the
| flags of Brazil and the United States
boaud together by laurel and palm.
The main figure is supported on a
lofty and imposing pedestal of stone
enriched with bias rellefs, and near the
base are four standing figures, George
ashington and Abraham Lincoln, rep.
resenting the United States and Jose
onitacio and Rio Branco, represent
ing Brazil. Beneath these figures art
'hree bas relefs. one depicting the
signing Of the Declaration of indie
pendence, another Dom Pedro at the
Ypiranga river, declaring Brazil's In
dependence of Portugal and the thlrt
n scene symbolic of the lasting friend
ship of Brazil and America. Inscribed
1t the base is the simple statemen
hat the memorial is the gift of tn,
american people to Brazil.
Mr.. Keck's work is known abroad a.
we'll rs in America, his bronze GeOrg,
ashlngton In Buenos Aires belnl
considered one of the notable m0nu
ments In that city. In his studen
lays he was an assistant of Augustu
st. Gaudens founder of the American
school of sculpture. But In 1900. hav
ing won the Rinehart scholarship, n
eft his famous master to attend tn
american Academy at Rome for flv
years.
Since his return to this country h
has executed many important con
nissons the latest Of which was n
heroic equestrian, "Stonewall" Jacf
son, unveiled at Charlottesville. Va. o
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