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}} Nuns of the Battlefield is a public artwork made in 1924 by Irish artist Jerome Connor, located at the intersection of Rhode Island Ave NW, M St & Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, D.C., United States. A tribute to the more than 600 nuns who nursed soldiers of both armies during the American Civil War, it is one of two monuments in the District that mark women's roles in the conflict.〔Jacob, Kathryn Allmong. ''Testament to Union: Civil War monuments in Washington, Part 3''. JHU Press, 1998, p. 125-126.〕 It is a contributing monument to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C., listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1993, it was surveyed for the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program. ==Description== The face of the sculpture has a large bronze bas relief panel showing 12 nuns dressed in traditional habit. This panel is installed on a rectangular granite slab that sits on a granite base. Each end of the slab has a bronze female figure seated. The proper right side figure has wings, a helmet, robes and armor to look like an angel representing patriotism. Sitting, she holds a shield in her proper left hand and a scroll in her lap with her proper right hand. She is weaponless to represent peace. On the proper left side of the slab another winged figure sits wearing a long dress, a bodice and a scarf around her head to represent the angel of Peace. Her hands are folded on her lap. The lower right side of the relief is signed: JEROME CONNOR 1924 The lower left side of the relief is inscribed: :BUREAU BROS. :BRONZE FOUNDERS PHILA :ENN On the granite above the relief is inscribed: :THEY COMFORTED THE DYING, NURSED THE WOUNDED, CARRIED HOPE TO :THE IMPRISONED, GAVE IN HIS NAME A DRINK OF WATER TO THE THIRSTY. On the granite below the relief: :TO THE MEMORY AND IN HONOR OF :THE VARIOUS ORDERS OF SISTERS :WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES AS NURSES ON BATTLEFIELDS :AND IN HOSPITALS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. On the rear of the slab near the base is inscribed: :ERECTED BY THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS OF AMERICA. A.D. 1924 :BY AUTHORITY OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nuns of the Battlefield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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