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AMERICAN
CIVIL
WAR
MEMORIAL |
The American Civil War Memorial pays tribute to the sacrifice made by citizens of Waterloo, New York during the Civil War, and recognizes the soldiers from the North and the South who gave their lives in the conflict. The Memorial, designed by Pietro del Fabro, was built on Lock Island along the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, part of the Erie Canal System. The design incorporates the Memorial into the historic canal environment of Waterloo. The Memorial includes individual cenotaphs for each man from Waterloo who died in the Civil War and a North South Cenotaph recognizing all lives lost in the war. The central feature of the Memorial is a marble Star Stone set in a cedar-lined enclosure with a stone portal. A stele on the western point of the island marks the site for travelers arriving by water. The Groundbreaking Ceremony took place on May 25, 2007 and the Dedication Events were held on September 19-21, 2008. |
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PRINCE OF
PEACE CHURCH The new Prince of Peace Church, designed by Ron Geyer of Craig, Gaulden & Davis, was dedicated on September 21, 2003. The church, located in Taylors, South Carolina, has a nave 120 feet long and 70 feet high with seating for 1,200. The artistic program, designed by Pietro Designs, includes the limestone and marble altars, font and tabernacle bases. Pietro also created the crucifix which hangs above the altar and the triptych located in the apse. The crucifix and triptych are oil on panel paintings with 22k gilding. Other furnishings designed by Pietro include the black walnut and marble presider's chair, the black walnut deacons' chairs and lecterns, the black walnut and granite credence tables, the baptistery grille and the dedication sconces. The twelve limestone dedication stones were sculpted by members of the church. These bas-relief panels were carved after a class with Pietro held in December of 2001. |
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FORGET-ME-NOT |
Since 1993 the
USDA Forest Service has sponsored a stone carving project at the Boy Scout
of America National Jamboree held every four years at Fort A.P. Hill in
Virginia. The purpose of the project was to create a stone sculpture that
reflected the sculptors image of the Jamboree and
to educate interested Boy Scouts in stone carving techniques.
Four sculptures have been created (1993, 1997, 2001, 2005) and all
are on display in the Forest Service Headquarters (Sidney Yates Building) in
Washington, D.C. The Forget-Me-Not sculpture (2005) was designed to honor the lives of Alaskans Michael J. Shibe, 49; Mike Lacroix, 42; Ronald H. Bitzer, 58 and Scott Edward Powell, 57, who were tragically killed at the Boy Scout Jamboree on July 25, 2005 when the tent they were helping to erect came in contact with an electric line. Originally, Pietro designed the sculpture to reflect a botanical theme reminiscent of the trail where the Forest Service project was located. After the accident, the artist altered the design to include symbols from Alaska. |
WEST WINDSOR
VETERANS MONUMENT |
The West Windsor
Township Veterans Monument is located next to the municipal building in
Princeton Junction, NJ. The concept, design and execution of the Monument
are the work of Pietro del Fabro. The unifying theme of the monument is the
number three. All aspects of the design relate to this number and its
multiples. Three was called the number of completion by Pythagoras,
expressive of a beginning, a middle, and an end. The Monument consists of three elements: a brick and terra cotta pylon, a bronze statue and a flagpole. A bronze plaque was placed on the lower platform of the pylon in May of 1989 to mark the completion and dedication of the Monument. It reads as follows: Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break - Shakespeare |
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CHURCH OF ST.
DAVID THE KING |
The Church of St. David the King, completed
in 1991, is the first Roman Catholic church in the United States named after Israel's
great king and one of the few in the world named after an Old Testament figure. The
building was designed by Rothe-Johnson Associates while the concept and design for the
artistic program are the work of Pietro del Fabro. |
