Essex Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Essex, Massachusetts)
Union
Dedicated on 30 May 1905, this monument depicts a soldier at parade rest. After repeated calls for a monument to Essex's Union troops, the O.H.P. Sargent Post of the Women's Relief Corps conducted a successful campaign to fund its creation and erection. While the statue's plinth was designed by Ames & Snow of Lynn, the sculpture was likely provided by the Smith Granite Company, of Westerly, Rhode Island, a company who specialized in mass-producing infantrymen statues of this type.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Ames & Snow Co. of Lynn Masschustes
Dedication Date:
Address:
Essex
Essex
Massachusetts
USA
Inscription:
To the loyal sons of Essex who fought for the Union 1861-1865, Erected through the efforts of WRC Co. 114.
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Conception Date:
1977-01-01
Opening Date:
Material:
Mostly Westerly granite, lower base made from Rockport granite
Size:
9.5m x 0m x 0m
Creator:
Cost / Value:
2190
Erected by:
Smith Granite Company
Funded by:
Fairs and small donations, led by Mary A. Kimball from the O. H. P. Sargent Women's Relief Corps Post 114. The WRC was a female auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, which was a Unionist Civil War veteran's organisation, which was heavily involved in memorialisation.
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