Focus on Start Westward Memorial and discuss the abstract.
The Start Westward Memorial, officially known as the Memorial to the "Start Westward of the United States", also known as the National Start Westward Memorial of The United States or Start Westward Monument, is a 1938 sculpture designed by Gutzon Borglum and located in Muskingum Park in Marietta, Ohio, United States. Borglum agreed to take on the commission at the request of George White, his friend and former Governor of Ohio.
It commemorates the westward expansion of the United States, and the sesquicentennial of the establishment of Marietta in 1788. It stands on purpose-designed esplanade designed by Borglum and the architect John Schooley.
As the memorial has weathered badly, there are plans to recreate it in bronze, and move the original to a new indoor visitor center.
Gutzon Borglum Marietta bronze Muskingum Park John Schooley westward expansion of the United States sesquicentennial George White Marietta, Ohio Governor of Ohio