Wars of America

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = ''Wars of America'' | nrhp_type = | image = WoA 2020c jeh.jpg | caption = ''Wars of America'' sculpture in Newark, New Jersey | location = Military Park, 614-706 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|40|44|53|N|74|10|13|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA New Jersey Essex County#New Jersey#USA | built = 1926 | architect = Gutzon Borglom | architecture = | added = October 28, 1994 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500405|title=Public Sculpture in Newark MPS}} | refnum = 94001257<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> | designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places | designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP | designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places | designated_other1_date = September 13, 1994 | designated_other1_number = 1338<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County | url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf | publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office | page=3 | date=January 10, 2010 | accessdate=April 7, 2010}}</ref> | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | designated_other1_color = #ffc94b }}

'''''Wars of America''''' is a colossal bronze sculpture by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his assistant Luigi Del Bianco containing "forty-two humans and two horses",<ref>Thurlow, Fearn, "Newark's Sculpture: A survey of public monuments and memorial statuary", The ''Newark Museum Quarterly'', Winter 1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 6</ref> located in Military Park in Newark, New Jersey. The sculpture sets on a base of granite from Stone Mountain.

The sculpture was erected in 1926, eight years after World War I ended, but its intent was broadened to honor all of America's war dead. In describing it, Borglum said "The design represents a great spearhead. Upon the green field of this spearhead we have placed a Tudor sword, the hilt of which represents the American nation at a crisis, answering the call to arms."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B14FF3F581B7A93C5A9178AD95F428285F9 |title=WAR MEMORIALS RISING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; New York Is Behind Other Cities in Building a Monument To Her Men of 1918, But the Delay Is Thought to Be An Advantage -- Splendid Projects Elsewhere |newspaper= The New York Times |date=November 7, 1926 |quote=WAR memorials to the men and women who gave their lives in the great conflict that begun twelve years ago are rising throughout the world. Few communities have neglected their token of gratitude. New York, which it is hoped will eventually build one of the finest of these monuments to patriotic courage, has lagged behind most other representative cities. |accessdate=June 19, 2010 }}</ref>

The work was funded by a $100,000 bequest by Newark businessman Amos Hoagland Van Horn, who also funded Borglums ''Seated Lincoln'', also located in Newark.<ref>Bullard, F. Lauriston, ''Lincoln in Marble and Bronze'', Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1952 p.214-215</ref> The sculpture was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1994. [[File:Military Park.JPG|thumb|left|The base of the ''Wars of America'' (1926) monument at Military Park. "The design represents a great spearhead. Upon the green field of this spearhead we have placed a Tudor sword, the hilt of which represents the American nation at a crisis, answering the call to arms."-- sculptor Gutzon Borglum]]

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Category:Public art in Newark, New Jersey Category:Monuments and memorials in New Jersey Category:Bronze sculptures in New Jersey Category:Sculptures of horses Category:1926 sculptures Category:Military monuments and memorials in the United States Category:Tourist attractions in Newark, New Jersey Category:National Register of Historic Places in Newark, New Jersey Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places Category:Sculptures by Gutzon Borglum Category:Culture of Newark, New Jersey Category:Animal sculptures in New Jersey