Offered here is a pair of intriguing bookends for the Civil War buff: Thd bookends are the Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Gettysburg. The monument was dedicated by Franklin Roosevelt at the final reunion of the Blue & Gray.This set was made for the Rotary Conference of the 180th District in Gettysburg 1939.
Painted cast iron
On July 3, 1938, on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Eternal Peace Light Memorial on Oak Hill. Twenty-five years earlier, on this site, thousands of Civil War veterans, Union and Confederate, shook hands as Woodrow Wilson declared, "the war forgotten." The memorial was designed by Paul Philippe Cret (1876 - 1945). The sculpture of 2 women, on the front of the tower, representing North and South led by an eagle on the ground is by Lee Lawrie.
The bottom is marked Eternal Light Peace memorial; the back is labeled for the Rotary Conference.
very good condition with light wear to the painted patina on the iron.
The bookends are 5 inches long, 3 inches deep and 4 3/4 inches tall..