Pro Patria (sculpture) explained

Pro Patria
Medium:	Bronze sculpture
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Pro Patria is a 1929 sculpture by American artist Henry Hering,^[1] installed in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is among the nation's largest sculptural bronze castings.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Description

The bronze sculpture Pro Patria is installed on the south side of the Indiana War Memorial, in Indianapolis. The statue weighs approximately seven tons and has a pink granite base.^{[5] [6]} It depicts an "exultant"^[7] young man draped in an American flag.^[8]

See also

• List of public art in Indianapolis

Notes and References

1. Book: Hoosier Banker . 1927 . Indiana Bankers Association . en.
2. Book: on, Best Books . Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State . 1941 . Best Books on . 978-1-62376-013-7 . en.
3. Book: Tauranac, John . The Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark . 2014-03-21 . Cornell University Press . 978-0-8014-7109-4 . en.
4. Book: Percoco, James A. . Summers with Lincoln: Looking for the Man in the Monuments . 2009-08-25 . Fordham Univ Press . 978-0-8232-2897-3 . en.
5. Web site: 2021-05-04 . Indiana War Memorial Exterior - Pro Patria . 2024-11-06 . State of Indiana . en . 2023-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230917035842/https://www.in.gov/iwm/indiana-war-memorial-museum/indiana-war-memorial-exterior-pro-patria/ . live .
6. Book: Indiana, 1930 . 1930 . en.
7. Book: Stevens . Alden . The Stevens America: A Traveler's Guide to the United States . Stevens . Marion Paine . 1950 . Little, Brown . en.
8. Web site: NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK NOMINATION: INDIANA WORLD WAR MEMORIAL PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT . 2024-11-06 . 2022-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220606204651/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/89001404_text . live .