Material: Bronze.

Cast in Oslo, Norway (Largest cast bronze statue since the Renaissance period).

• The statue was commissioned in 1955 for an original cost of $58,000.
  Originally dedicated in 1958.

Location
The Woodward Avenue entrance of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Michigan.

Dimensions
Backdrop: 36 by 45 foot Vermont marble backdrop.
Dimensions: 16-feet high, arm-span of 22 feet and weight of 9 tons.

Image
24-karat gold leaf figures in each hand. One depicting a cradled family and the hand other holding a spire representing a higher power.