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| Keywords: Four rejected designs for USS Maine Mast Memorial - Commission of Fine Arts 1915.jpg en Four designs by unnamed architects for the proposed USS Maine Mast Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County Virginia in the United States The Maine exploded in Havana Harbor Cuba under mysterious circumstances in February 1898 precipitating the Spanish-American War Congress approved the memorial in 1910 and required that the main mast of the vessel be erected as part of the memorial The Maine was salvaged from September 1910 to March 1912 In 1912 the U S Department of War held an internal competition to design a memorial Four sketches were turned over to the U S Commission of Fine Arts CFA for its advice The CFA rejected all four preliminary designs and told the War Department that all four were of such poor quality that the Secretary of War would be better off choosing a designer of national stature The Secretary of War on the advice of the CFA again chose architect Nathan C Wyeth http //books google com/books id 9gYxAQAAMAAJ printsec frontcover dq 22Commission+of+Fine+Arts 22 hl en sa X ei YX2iUf7tBLfe4APt54DABg ved 0CDsQ6AEwAjgo v onepage q f false Commission of Fine Arts Report of the Commission of Fine Arts for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30 1915 Washington D C Government Printing Office 1915 Plate V p 24-25 1915 Maine Mast Memorial PD-USGov | ||||
