Wars of America

Wars of America is a colossal bronze sculpture by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his assistant Luigi Del Bianco containing "forty-two humans and two horses",^[3] located in Military Park in Newark, New Jersey. The sculpture sets on a base of granite from Stone Mountain.

Wars of America
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Wars of America sculpture in Newark, New Jersey
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Location	Military Park, 614-706 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates	40°44′53″N 74°10′13″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926
Architect	Gutzon Borglom
MPS	Public Sculpture in Newark MPS
NRHP reference No.	94001257[1]
NJRHP No.	1338[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1994
Designated NJRHP	September 13, 1994

The sculpture was erected in 1926, eight years after World War I ended, but its intent was broadened to honor all of America's war dead. In describing it, Borglum said "The design represents a great spearhead. Upon the green field of this spearhead we have placed a Tudor sword, the hilt of which represents the American nation at a crisis, answering the call to arms."^[4]

The work was funded by a $100,000 bequest by Newark businessman Amos Hoagland Van Horn, who also funded Borglums Seated Lincoln, also located in Newark.^[5] The sculpture was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1994.

The base of the Wars of America (1926) monument at Military Park. "The design represents a great spearhead. Upon the green field of this spearhead we have placed a Tudor sword, the hilt of which represents the American nation at a crisis, answering the call to arms."-- sculptor Gutzon Borglum

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey