Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument

The Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument or Anthony Wayne Memorial is a statuary group created by Bruce Saville.[1]

It was dedicated in 1929 at the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers which took place on August 20, 1794. At that battle General "Mad Anthony" Wayne defeated a combined army of various tribes led by Chiefs Little Turtle, Turkey Foot, Blue Jacket and others. The monument is located in a park, 2 miles west of Maumee, Ohio.

The monument includes a 15 foot tall base topped by a bronze statue of General Wayne flanked by figures of a Native American and a frontiersman. Three bronze bas reliefs decorate the sides of the base.

The battle site was named "Fallen Timbers" because a tornado had knocked down a large number of trees there.[2]

The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in 1929 paying tribute to the American victory that featured the image of the monument on it.

The sculpture registered as a National Historic Landmark in 1962.[3]

Sources

  1. ^ McGlauflin, Alice Coe, editor, ‘’Who’s Who in American Art’’, The American Federation of Arts, Inc., Washington D.C., 1937 p. 460
  2. ^ Rajtar, Steve, ‘’Indian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefield, Monuments and Memorials, State by State with Canada and Mexico’’, McFarland & Company, Jefferson North Carolina, 1999 pp. 189-190
  3. ^ http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=X3151R71A1935.28529&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!316684~!11&ri=2&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Saville,+Bruce+Wilder,+1893-1938,+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2