Fountain of Eternal Life: Peace Arising from the Flames of War

Cleveland War Memorial

​TITLE: Fountain of Eternal Life: Peace Arising from the Flames of War also know as Cleveland War Memorial
​ARTIST:  Marshall M. Fredericks
DATE: 1998
TYPE: Sculpture
MEDIA: Bronze
 
ABOUT: Fountain of Eternal Life: Peace Arising from the Flames of War, also known as the Cleveland War Memorial, is a sculpture in Cleveland, Ohio Fredericks unveiled in 1964 that towers 43 feet above the fountain basin. This figure expresses the main theme of the Fountain: the spirit of mankind rising out of the flames of war and the destructive elements of life, reaching and ascending to a new understanding of life. 

The figure sits upon a bronze sphere representing the Universe as man has imagined it.  Its design contains symbols of Eternal Life and Spirit derived from ancient myths. 

The Fountain took nineteen years to complete. It’s located at the Civic Center Mall A in Cleveland, Ohio.

​LOCATION: Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan