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Timeline
 1911 - United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.) Tampa
Chapter #113 purchase Memoria
In Aeterna for $3,000, and donate
the sculpture to Hillsborough County for placement at the original
County Courthouse site.
1946 - Disorderly U.S. Navy sailors damage the original statue
1949 - The U.S. government pays for the carving of a new figure,
and the fabrication and erection of the sculpture on the monument
base.
1952 - The Board of County Commissioners construct a new Courthouse,
and relocate the sculpture to the current site.
1994 - Memoria In
Aeterna is surveyed and registered on the
national SOS! sculpture registry in Washington, D.C., which permanently
archives information and images of important historic works of
public art.
1994 - Recognizing the unique quality of the historic, Memoria
In Aeterna sculpture, the Board of County Commissioners votes
7-0 for its longterm conservation and treatment.
1995 - The Board of County Commissioners approves the construction
of HYDRIA, a new public art sculpture which is a cistern located
at the Main Courthouse site, north of Memoria In Aeterna.
1995 - The County researches the appropriate course of conservation
and treatment for Memoria
In Aeterna.
1996 - The Board of County Commissioners adopts a Resolution
R96-038, which confirms the Board's commitment to strengthen
the County's historic and cultural awareness; reaffirms its commitment
to the Public Art Ordinance and the conservation of Memoria
In Aeterna.
1996 - HYDRIA is installed on the South side, and the treatment
is complete for Memoria
In Aeterna, the entire site is revitalized
and expanded to include a historical marker and sculptural,
educational sign.
1997-1998 - Hillsborough County continues its efforts to maintain
and clean Memoria
In Aeterna with gentle solvents.
1999-2000 - Vandals break off a section of the arm from the "departing
soldier". The County funds the repair of this portion of
the Memoria In Aeterna by conservator John Maseman.
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