Reveille

About the Sculpture

“Reveille” depicts a life-sized angel blowing a trumpet and was cast in Italy. The word Reveille means 'a signal to wake people from sleep'. Wayne Southwick modeled the woman in the sculpture after his wife, Ann Seacrest Southwick, as she would wake their children every morning and get them out of bed. 

Ann’s grandfather, J.C. Seacrest, was instrumental in donating the area to the City in the 1930s to create the Sunken Gardens. Reveille was unveiled July 6, 2005 at Sunken Gardens as a part of the $1.7 million renovation of the gardens. 

About the Artist

Wayne Southwick, MD (Feb. 1923 - Apr. 2016), was born in Lincoln, NE, but was raised in the farm town Friend, NE. He met his wife, J. Ann Seacrest, at the University of Nebraska. After graduating from University of Nebraska Medical School, he moved to Massachusetts and then Maryland where he trained in Orthopedics at Johns Hopkins. He led the Yale Orthopedics program to be a premier training program. 

After retiring from Orthopedics, he began his career in sculpture, studying under Bruno Lucchesi and traveled to Italy to create many of his bronze sculptures. Dr. Southwick also has work displayed at Yale University, the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney and First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Additional Information 

Sunken Gardens

Length: 3 ft. 

Width: 2 ft. 

Height: 12 ft. 

Location

2600 D St., Lincoln 68502  View Map

40.802150, -96.683778

2600 D St. , Lincoln 68502

2600 D St. , Lincoln 68502

Reveille