Name/Title
Memorial ParkEntry/Object ID
2020.9.1077Tags
Riverside Park, Riverside-Avondale Historic District, Riverside, FL, RiversideDescription
Memorial Park ceremony by the "Life" or "Winged Victory" statue
Commonly referred to as "Winged Victory", the statue "Life" is the focal point of Memorial Park in Riverside. It is a bronze statue that depicts "the winged figure of youth" rising from the "mad maelstrom of earthly passions." It was executed by Florida sculptor Adrian C. Pillars and was unveiled on Christmas Day, 1924. Pillars began work on the statue in 1922, and drew inspiration from a sentimental war poem by soldier-poet Allan Seeger, a young New York native who enlisted in the French Foreign Legion and lost his life in WWI.
Surrounded by a fountain, “Life” memorializes the 1,200 soldiers from Florida who made the supreme sacrifice during the First World War.Collection
Photographs CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects