Airfoil/Captain David Ramsay Memorial

Airfoil is the centerpiece of the Roxbury veterans' memorial in Ramsay Park. It is an abstract representation of a wing in flight, seventeen feet high, fabricated from one-half-inch thick sheets of stainless steel set upon a circular base of black Zimbabwean granite ten feet in diameter. Five black granite bollards with etched tops lead up to Airfoil. The etchings show scenes from the life of a local war hero, Captain David L. Ramsay, and also commemorate other veterans from the area. Captain Ramsay, a graduate of Roxbury English High School and the United States Military Academy, died while serving as a jet fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. The monument was created by the design team of Valerie Maynard, sculptor, and Reginald Jackson, visual artist. Courtesy of Boston Art Commission.