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April 12, 2024 video post by PBS Fort Wayne on Facebook:
Did you know this about the General Anthony Wayne statue at Freimann Park? Now you do!
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January 17, 2023 post by The History Center on Facebook:
Sculpture is a visual art form that is presented in three dimensions. These works are created through the manipulation of materials such as metal, plaster, stone, wood, glass, plastic, and ceramic. A few methods used to shape these raw materials include carving, casting, welding, molding, shaping, or bonding. Sculpture is one of the longest-lived forms of art and craft, dating back to the prehistoric era of the Upper Paleolithic, over 35,000 years ago. Some of the earliest examples of sculpture work include crafted tools and figurines. Sculpture has been used as a method to document important people, to celebrate ideas, to create tools, or to replicate the natural world. Sculpture is often thought of as a grand work of stone or bronze, such as a monument or statue, because these objects are typically referenced as “sculptures.” However, sculpture as an art form and crafting method also encompasses works such as pottery, jewelry, musical instruments, and weaponry. Various methods of craft and artistic expression that can fall under the large umbrella of sculpture also fall into their own specialized sub-category such as wood-carving, blacksmithing, or glass blowing. Visit the History Center to see our new temporary exhibit “Sculpture: Craftsmanship and Art in Three Dimensions.” #sociallyhistory
The Working Model, Plaster model of Anthony Wayne statue executed by G.E. Gariere. Full-size statue is in Freimann Square.
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Page 561, The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927; Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs, Publication date 1917 on Archive.org.
THE ANTHONY WAYNE MONUMENT
After several years of preparation, the final plans for the erection of a bronze equestrian statue to the memory of General Anthony Wayne were decided upon in 1916. The commission, after viewing the models submitted by several of America's well-known sculptors, awarded the work to Charles E. Mulligan, of Chicago, but the sudden death of the sculptor revised the plans, and George E. Ganiere, of Chicago, was selected. The sum of $15,000 for the statue, in bronze, in addition to $900 for two separate tablets, was set aside. The monument commission was composed of J. Ross McCulloeh, William F. Ranke, Mrs. Frances Haberly-Robertson and Colonel D. N. Foster. The site chosen for the monument is the northwest corner of Hayden Park, facing the Lincoln Highway (Maumee avenue).
The agitation for the erection of a monument to General Wayne was begun previous to 1889, in which year the annual report of the chief engineer of the United States recommended that congress appropriate the sum of $5,000 for a statue to be placed on the site of old Fort Wayne. Congress failed to act. Then, in 1894, the board of county commissioners authorized a levy of one-fourth of one cent per year on each $100 of assessed property valuation for the creation of a fund to erect a monument to Wayne's memory. The money thus secured was used in payment for the present monument.
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The statue of Gen. Anthony Wayne astride his horse was first located in Hayden Park on Maumee at Harmer Street, upon its completion by Chicago sculptor George E. Ganiere in 1916.
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Dedication of Anthony Wayne staue in Hayden Park, Fort Wayne, IN, 1917 - ACPL Digital Collections imageThe General Anthony Wayne statue was dedicated in 1917, or 1918, in Hayden Park shown in several photos such as Crowd gathers for dedication of Anthony Wayne statue, Hayden Park, Fort Wayne, IN, 1917 and Dedication of Anthony Wayne staue in Hayden Park, Fort Wayne, IN, 1917 Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Libraryfrom an Anthony Wayne Statue and Anthony Wayne search in the.
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Statue of Anthony Wayne in Hayden Park, Fort Wayne IN - ACPL Digital Collections imageOriginally dedicated July 4, 1918 in
Hayden Park
it was moved to Freimann Square in 1973.Here is an account of the dedication excerpted from a 2012 Old Fort News article by Walter Font: It was a day blessed by Providence, "a cloudless sky" with no rain in sight to mar the day's festivities.The people of Fort Wayne had planned a grand partyto celebrate Independence Day and the memory of Anthony Wayne, and they came by the thousands: "Interurban cars were crowded and all roads leading into the city, from every direction, were alive with automobilesand buggies." Although there were numerous attendant activities throughout the community that day,the two primary events were the "monstrous" parade and the dedication of the Anthony Wayne monument in Hayden Park. Vice President Thomas Marshall arrived at the Pennsylvania Depot in the morning. Hundreds welcomed him at the station and at his reception in the Anthony Hotel where he stayed until the parade beganat 1 :40 in the afternoon. Huge crowds were on hand when Marshall and other dignitaries stepped into theircarriages and followed the military units on parade including current soldiers in the National Guard and veterans from the Civil War and Spanish-American War. Marching behind them were thousands of deferred classmen waving American flags with "colored boys scattered in their ranks." Four of the deferred-classmen were greeted with applause and laughter whenthey passed the crowd carrying "a coffin on which wasa German helmet and the inscription 'To Hel-met Der Kaiser.' Walking sadly along in the rear and kept in chains was his Satanic Majesty costumed in the lurid hue of Hades. The devil bore a sign which read 'I can see my finish.'" Third in line were those of foreign birth, or parentage, including groups representing the Romanians (with a banner "Citizens of the United States by Adoption"); the Italians with a band, lead by Joseph Tuso mounted on a horse and wearing an Italian uniform with a sword at his side; Americans of Scottish birth representing the Caledonian Society, some wearing"plaids and bonnets of Scottish fame and glory";the Irish; and Jewish citizens, "lovers of liberty in the new world and old." Bringing up the rear were various organizations including the labor unions as well as civic, social, religious and fraternal groups. The parade began on Harrison Street and ended at Hayden Park. A grandstand for 1,000 was built on Maumee Avenue, north of the speaker's stand, and from there schoolchildren opened the dedication ceremony with a chorus of patriotic songs. After an invocation and an address by Judge Walter Olds, the statue of Anthony Wayne was unveiled accompanied by "cheers and applause andsongs by the school children." D. N. Foster, as head of the monument commission, presented the statue to the city which was accepted in a brief address by Mayor W. Sherman Cutshall. Tom Marshall then rose to a"great welcome and demonstration" for his dedicatory address. George E. Ganiere [the artist who made the statue] sat with the dignitaries on the speaker's stand and after Marshall spoke, he was introduced to the spectators. The children's chorus provided the closing act of the ceremony by singing the Star Spangled Banner."
Copied from a Janaury 9, 2023 comment by Charlie Savage to a post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
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December 5, 2017 post by the Fort Wayne Food Tours on Facebook:
The statue of Anthony Wayne astride his horse was completed in 1918 and placed in Hayden Park. It was moved to Freimann Square in 1973. #fortwaynehistory #fortwaynefoodtours #dtfw #fortwayne
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March 30, 2023 post by Genealogy Center on Facebook:
It's #waybackwednesday! Check out these then and now photos, Courtesy of the Daniel A. Baker Collection in our Community Album. The first photo, from 1973, shows George Ganiere's bronze General "Mad" Anthony Wayne which was relocated to Freimann Square that year. It was originally dedicated at Hayden Park on July 4, 1918.
The second photo provides a view Anthony Wayne statue in Freimann Square, dated 2017. Across Clinton Street is the Rousseau Centre, formerly the City-County Building.
Visit our Community Album to view these photos and thousands more: http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/
First photo: Anthony Wayne Statue at Freimann Square, circa 1973
Second photo Anthony Wayne Statue at Freimann Square, 2017. in the Daniel A. Baker Photograph Collection both are in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library.
- Anthony Wayne statue Stop #1 on the Central Downtown Trail 19 stops on the Heritage Trail by ARCH ( Architecture and Community Heritage)has audio: “Anthony Wayne’s Statue” featuring Tom Castaldi. Courtesy of WBNI-Fort Wayne from ARCH ( Architecture and Community Heritage). Major General Anthony Wayne marker photos with Google maps Street View image, and more at The Historical Marker Datatbase HMdb.org.
- Keep Anthony Wayne where he’s star of show by Madelane Elston who
is chairwoman of the Allen County Courthouse Preservation Trust December 30, 2012 The Journal Gazette newspaper
archived on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. - The Anthony Wayne Statue by Nancy McCammon-Hansen posted April 29, 2013 on the History Center Notes & Queries blog discusses the statue in Freimann Square and the facial plaques of Little Turtle and Tecumseh that used to be on the base of the statue. The graphic at the library states:
These three bronze plaques, executed by George Ganiere, were originally part of the municipal equestrian statue of Major General Anthony Wayne, erected at Hayden Park (now renamed John Nuckols Park) in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1917.
The plaques now reside in the Genealogy Center at the downtown Allen County Public Library. The full story was in the next issue of Old Fort News publication of the The History Center. - A general predicament: Wayne statue might move January 13, 2013 not archived and 'Mad' Anthony staying put August 14, 2013 Dan Stockman The Journal Gazette newspaper archived on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
- Only half of the story Second statue would complete picture of general’s conquest August 20, 2013 Patrick J. Ashton The Journal Gazette newspaper.
- You can't see him, but Anthony Wayne is getting a facelift Laser used to clean statue, remove coating applied in the 1990s by Kevin Leininger published August 14, 2014 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.
- General Anthony Wayne Statue Rededicated posted at City of Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation.
- List of memorials to Anthony Wayne at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
- January 9, 2023 post with photos and lots of comments on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
- 2013, October 30 - Fort Wayne is the answer on the Jeopardy television show
A log stockade made by a certain mad revolutionary war general in 1794 gave this city his name
. See October 30, 2013 photo on Visit Fort Wayne Tweet on Twitter and Mitch Harper Tweet.Cool! RT @EricDoot "What is Fort Wayne?" The Summit City hits true Daily Double status Wednesday night on @Jeopardy! pic.twitter.com/IVLbsUIaSN
— Visit Fort Wayne (@VisitFortWayne) October 31, 2013