Littlefield Fountain

Littlefield Fountain is a monument by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini, located on the main campus of The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.

The fountain was built with money from a $250,000 trust established by Major George W. Littlefield as a memorial for University of Texas students and alumni who died in The Great War, now commonly known as World War I.^[1] It was unveiled in 1933, at a time when the Old Main Building was still in use. ^[2]

The memorial fountain is enscribed in Latin with BREVIS A NATURA NOBIS VITA DATA EST AT MEMORIA BENE REDDITAE VITAE SEMPITERA. Translation - A short life hath been given by Nature unto man; but the remembrance of a life laid down in a good cause endureth forever. Beneath this enscription is a memorial bronze plaque that lists all UT students and alumni killed in The Great War.

References

1. ^ "Public Spaces". Green Growth. Austin History Center. pp. 2. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/green/public2.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-02. 
2. ^ "The Littlefield Fountain". Campus Structures at The University of Texas at Austin. Center for American History. http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/StatuesExhibit/large/large3.html. Retrieved 2006-07-02.