Eagle & Czech Shield

Garden Name: Czech Garden

Date: 1970


Sculpted eagles holding Czech shield on pillar bearing marble plaque at southern entrance to the Garden. Pillar and sculpture by Frank L. Jiroush, dated 1935. Plaque is replacement added in 1997. Plaque text: Czech, Cultural Garden, Bohemia Moravia, Silesia, Homeland of Teachers, Statesmen Martyrs, Musicians and Artists, This Garden is dedicated, to our beloved Czech, parents who by their, teachings and by, precept and example, have established for, us a high ideal of, American citizenship.