Located at 1315 Chestnut Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum is a memorial and military museum owned by the City of St. Louis and operated by the Missouri Historical Society. The interior east and west wings contain display cases with military displays and memorabilia from World War I and subsequent American wars.
The open-air central breezeway features a massive black marble cenotaph engraved with the names of all St. Louis' war dead from the first world war. The building was designed by the St. Louis architectural firm Mauran, Russell & Crowell in a stripped Classical style, with a severely simplified form and limited ornament. It was dedicated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936 and officially opened to the public on Memorial Day, 1938.
Four monumental sculptural groups representing figures of Loyalty, Vision, Courage and Sacrifice by sculptor Walker Hancock stand with their horses on the north and south sides of the building. Other architectural sculpture at the site was completed by Hillis Arnold.
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