LocationThe Paseo at Meyer Blvd. |
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Artist/Designer: Edward Buehler Delk
Installed: 1942
Description
The simple form of this fountain is rich in meaning. It was dedicated in 1942 to those who had served in WWI. The 18′ limestone obelisk in its center has metal stars affixed to three of its four sides: gold, symbolizing those who died in the war; blue, symbolizing those who were wounded; and white, representing those who returned uninjured. The War Mother’s insignia was placed on the fourth side. It is one of two fountains in the system that are solar powered.
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau...
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