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===Public art=== [[File:Dean Martin Mural in Steubenville.jpg|thumb|A mural of entertainer [[Dean Martin]], who was born and raised in Steubenville]] Steubenville's nickname is the "City of Murals", because there are more than 25 downtown murals.<ref name="City-Website"/> There are numerous murals, markers and a walking tour in Steubenville, many paying homage to Dean Martin.<ref name="Martin"/><ref name="Jefferson"/> There is also a mural Washington Street dedicated to two [[Tuskegee Airmen]] who were brothers, [[John Ellis Edwards]] and Jerome Edwards.<ref name="2airmen">{{cite news |title=Legacy of 2 Tuskegee Airmen From Steubenville Honored |url=https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2020/05/legacy-of-2-tuskegee-airmen-from-steubenville-honored/ |access-date=August 10, 2020 |publisher=The Intelligencer Wheeling News |date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> The "Ohio Valley Steelworker" Statue was created by artist Dimitri Akis as a tribute to Ohio Valley [[steelworkers]]. The life-size figure carries a long-handled dipping ladle and is wearing the hooded fire-proof suit worn in the steel mills. The statue was located at the junction of Hwy 22 (University Blvd) and Hwy 7 (Dean Martin Blvd). In the fall of 2014, the statue was moved to its new home, displayed on South Fourth Street at the site of the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/611930/Steelworker-on-the-move.html?nav=5010|title=Steelworker on the Move|first=Dave|last=Gossett|date=November 13, 2014|newspaper=Herald-Star|access-date=November 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220062105/http://www.heraldstaronline.com/page/content.detail/id/611930/Steelworker-on-the-move.html?nav=5010|archive-date=December 20, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is a statue downtown commemorating [[Edwin Stanton]], President [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s [[secretary of war]]. Stanton was born and raised in Steubenville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/index.php?title=Edwin_M._Stanton&rec=356|title=Edwin M. Stanton - Ohio History Central|website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org|language=en|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
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