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| artist = [[Gautam Pal]]<br />
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The '''''Mahatma Gandhi Memorial''''' is a 2002 [[public art|public sculpture]] by [[Gautam Pal]] located at the [[Milwaukee County Courthouse]] in downtown [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], United States.<br />
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==Description==<br />
The {{cvt|8|ft|8|in}} sculpture depicts [[India]]n [[civil rights]] leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]] dressed in traditional attire and walking with a long staff. His head is bald, and his chest, shoulders, and legs are bare. He wears glasses and his gaze is directed toward the path he is walking. He wears sandals. The figure is oriented away from the Courthouse, appearing to walk eastward toward downtown and [[Lake Michigan]].<ref name=Swapan>{{cite news|last=Swapan|first=Ashfaque|title=Mahatma Gandhi Statue Unveiled in Milwaukee|url=http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=d5647464de9110ad9d6ebf70bc9cdd7f|access-date=5 August 2012|newspaper=India-West Newspaper|date=14 October 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211451/http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=d5647464de9110ad9d6ebf70bc9cdd7f|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (Washington, D.C.)|Mahatma Gandhi Memorial]] in Washington, D.C. includes a similar statue by Gautama Pal, also mounted on a red granite plinth.<br />
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The sculpture stands on a tapered red [[granite]] base on which bronze plaques are mounted on four sides to display texts. Placement between Courthouse doors labeled "TRUTH" and "JUSTICE" reinforces the message of the sculpture.<br />
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==Historical information==<br />
The Wisconsin Coalition of Asian Indian Organizations (WCAIO) raised $12,000 for the sculpture and its installation. WCAIO represents 16 Indian American groups in the Milwaukee area. The [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] also provided support. Kumar Dhaliwal, retired dean of the [[Marquette University School of Dentistry]], and his wife Darshan led the campaign to bring the sculpture to Milwaukee and donated $25,000. Dhaliwal told the ''India-West Newspaper'', "Mahatma Gandhi's messages are not only of importance to prevent violence in the world, but also domestic violence and violence in the streets."<ref name=Swapan /><br />
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Milwaukee County accepted the offer to donate the sculpture and initially proposed ten possible sites. The Indian American community selected the site at MacArthur Square because "it's a beautiful, serene setting."<ref name=Swapan /><br />
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The sculpture was unveiled on October 5, 2002, and the dedication event included a peace march, speeches by Wisconsin elected officials and Indian Ambassador [[Lalit Mansingh]], and singing of ''[[bhajan]]s''. According to the ''India-West Newspaper'', 850 people attended the dedication.<br />
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The sculpture is a gathering place for the local Indian American community and for peace activists holding vigils.<ref name=Bhopal>{{cite web|title=Students for Bhopal|url=http://old.studentsforbhopal.org/UWMilwaukee.htm|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415212025/http://old.studentsforbhopal.org/UWMilwaukee.htm|archive-date=15 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sculpture regularly receives ''[[gajra|g`ajra]]'' flower garlands. The area surrounding the sculpture was named India-America Friendship Park in 2003.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]<br />
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