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SEPTEMBER 11, MEMORIAL SCULPTURE: SAN JOSE , COSTA RICA 04 This 14 foot high sculptural presentation was accomplished to honor those lost in the tragic event of September 11, 2001 in New York. It is meant to symbolize the spirits of those lost rising to another place. Approval, materials, and arrangements were sponsored by the United States Embassy, Costa Rican – North American Cultural Center, AmCham, ( the Costa Rican - North American Chamber of Commerce), the colony of resident Americans in Costa Rica and the Municipality of San Jose. The artist was pleased to donate his time and the time of his assistant to this project. The sculpture was designed and built of copper in the artist’s home studio in Panama City Beach, Florida. It took approximately 4 months to build plus planning which allowed for the sculpture to be constructed and then disassembled into small sections for reassembly on site in Costa Rica. Two weeks were required to weld it together and finish the sculpture in San Jose, Costa Rica on site in the September 11, Memorial Park adjacent to the Centro Cultural building in Sabana Norte. Dedicated on September 11, 2004 it stands as a tribute to friendship and solidarity expressed between our two democracies. In the words of the Charge d’ Affairs of the United States Embassy, Mr. Douglas Barnes, “ It is a touching and powerful work that serves to both preserve the memories of the victims of September 11 and act as a tremendous symbol of the strong ties between the people of Costa Rica and the United States”.
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