City of Milwaukee - File #: 131415

• File #: 131415
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/22/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2014
• Title: Resolution approving the relocation of the General Douglas MacArthur statue to the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center grounds.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: MEMORIALS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/12/2014	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/11/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	13:0
1/29/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Mike Loughran - Department of Public Works	Pass	5:0
1/24/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/24/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/22/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
131415
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Resolution approving the relocation of the General Douglas MacArthur statue to the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center grounds.
Analysis
This resolution approves the relocation of the statue of General Douglas MacArthur from MacArthur Square to the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center grounds at a site to be determined by Milwaukee County and the board of the War Memorial Center.
Body
Whereas, MacArthur Memorial Week, recognizing the “MacArthurs of Milwaukee”, will take place on June 3-7, 2014, in various events at the War Memorial Center and the Marquette University Law School; and

Whereas, The magnificent, 9½-foot bronze statue of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, sculpted by Robert Dean, was unveiled by Mrs. Douglas MacArthur and dedicated in a ceremony on June 8, 1979 at MacArthur Square; and

Whereas, The cost of the statue was paid by private donations, including particularly from the late Marie Uihlein, with no expense to taxpayers; and

Whereas, The MacArthur statue is presently located in an obscure area where few people have an opportunity for viewing it; and

Whereas, Various veterans organizations, led by the Veterans Community Relations Team, have recommended that the MacArthur statue be relocated and rededicated on a lakefront site north of the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center during the MacArthur Memorial Week; and

Whereas, MacArthur Square is owned by the City of Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The Veterans Community Relations Team has secured necessary funding and support to move the MacArthur statue to the War Memorial Center grounds at no expense to the City of Milwaukee; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City of Milwaukee approves the relocation of the MacArthur statue to the War Memorial Center grounds at a site determined by Milwaukee County and the board of the War Memorial Center; and, be it

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