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SOKOL PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

SOKOL PARK

Architecture and History Inventory
SOKOL PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Lidice Memorial
Other Name:Lidice Memorial
Contributing:
Reference Number:19157
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):SOKOL PARK
County:Price
City:Phillips
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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Range:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1944
Additions:
Survey Date:1976
Historic Use:statue/sculpture
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect: VACLAV HAJNY; Carl Novy
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Lidice Memorial
National Register Listing Date:4/19/2006
State Register Listing Date:1/20/2006
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. SCULPTURE WAS DESIGNED BY VACLAV HAJNY TO HONOR CZECHS FROM THE VILLAGE OF LIDICE WHO WERE SLAUGHTERED BY NAZIS IN RETALIATION FOR CZECH RESISTANCE. THE TALL ROUND TOPPED RED STONE COLUMN REPRESENTS THE UNITED NATIONS, THE THREE IRON RODS REPRENSENT THE CZECHS, SLOVAKS, AND MORAVIANS LEANING ON THE UNITED NATIONS FOR SUPPORT. AN EVERGREEN FROND SYMBOLIZES ETERNAL LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF LIDICE AND THE NATION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THE THREE-QUARTER CIRCLE REPRESENTS THE RISING SUN OF LIDICE AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THE MONUMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE GROUNDS OF A SOKOL HALL WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1974. THE PARK IS NAMED SOKOL PARK IN RECOGNITION OF THE GIFT OF THE LAND TO THE CITY OF PHILLIPS BY THE SOKOL ORGANIZATION IN 1974.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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