Korczak Ziolkowski
American
Sculptor and World War II veteran. - AsNotedIn
Sculptor and World War II veteran. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1908/09/06 | Korczak Ziolkowski is born in Boston to Polish parents. | Born | |||||
| 1939/06/06 | Korczak Ziolkowski's marble bust of Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski is awarded first prize at the New YorkWorld's Fair. | Sculptor | 1939 New York World's Fair | ||||
| 1939/11/07 | Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear asks Korczak Ziolkowski to begin work on a huge freestanding sculpture of Lakota Chief Crazy Horse on a mountain 17 miles from Mount Rushmore. | Sculptor | Crazy Horse Memorial | South Dakota | |||
| 1940/00/00 | Home of Korczak Ziolkowski | Home | Korczak Ziolkowski House | West Hartford, CT | |||
| 1941/10/17 | Korczak Ziolkowski's grand "Statue of Noah Webster" is unveiled. | Sculptor | Noah Webster Statue | West Hartford, CT | |||
| 1943/05/00 | Korczak Ziolkowski donates 'Little Noah', a model he made in developing the 'Noah Webster Statue', to the West Hartford Library. It will be moved to Town Council Chambers, 3rd floor, West Hartford Town Hall at 50 S Main St. | Sculptor | Noah Webster Statue | West Hartford, CT | |||
| 1944/06/06 | Korczak Ziolkowski is wounded on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France | Soldier | Omaha Beach D Day Monument | Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, FR | D Day: Operation Neptune | ||
| 1953/00/00 | Memorial dedicated | Sculptor | Sitting Bull Monument | Mobridge | |||
| 1982/10/20 | Korczak Ziolkowski dies of acute pancreatitis at the Crazy Horse Memorial. He was buried at the base of the mountain, Black Hills, South Dakota | Died | Crazy Horse Memorial | South Dakota |
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