Colonnade from the southeast- Pre Restoration

Rumson Veterans Memorial Bronze Eagle

SUBJECTS: (1) Bronze Cast Eagle in Flight

FOUNDRY: unknown

MEDIUM: Bronze

LOCATION:  Victory Park
River Road and Lafayette Street
Rumson, NJ 07760

YEAR DED.: 2005

STEWARDSHIP: Borough of Rumson

Situated atop a five (5) sided granite plinth, rests a bronze Eagle. Each elevation of the plinth is dedicated to a war and lists all the residents that served in that conflict.

Treatment: The statue was cleaned using Orvis® Soap and nylon brushes. Soap removed with foltered water and low PSI power washer. Copper corrosion products were removed and iron stains were addressed. The base of the statue displayed galvanic response between the bronze statue and the iron mounting pins.

Time capsule - pre - open

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