North Attleborough Soldiers' Monument (Plainville, Massachusetts)
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Recently restored by the Royalston Arts Foundry, this Soldiers' Monument is based on Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson's sculpture in Newburyport. The sculpture stands atop a square granite base, which rests on two steps and features a soldier marching with his rifle on his right shoulder and left hand in his pocket. The soldier appears youthful and lifelike due to his relaxed posture, a characteristic of Kitson's realist style. It stands directly opposite the Baptist Church. Instead of the names of those who served in the war, the plaques feature patriotic dictums written by Reverend George Osgood, who was a pastor at the Episcopal Church in North Attleborough.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson
Dedication Date:
1911-11-11
Address:
Plainville
Bristol
Massachusetts
USA
Inscription:
(On left side of bronze base:) Theo A. Ruggles Kitson/Sc
(On front of granite base:) TO COMMEMORATE/THE LOYALTY TO COUNTRY:/THE SELF SACRIFICE: THE/HEROISM OF THE MEN OF/NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH/WHO FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE/UNION IN THE DAYS OF THE/CIVIL WAR/1861-1865
(On bronze plaque on left side of base:) THE DEMANDS FOR/LOYALTY TO OUR COUNTRY/ARE AS GREAT UPON THE SONS/AS THEY WERE UPON THE SIRES./THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY/LIES IN THE INTELLIGENCE,.../THE MORAL CHARACTER, THE PATRIOTISM/OF HER CITIZENS.
(On bronze plaque on right side of base:) ON THIS COMMON/WAS DRILLED THE FIRST COMPANY/OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWN/WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO ARMS/IN DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC/IN THE DAYS OF 1861/ON SUNDAY JUNE 2D/THEY ATTENDED SERVICES/IN THE CHURCH HERE SITUATED/ON THE NEXT DAY MARCHED FROM HERE/TO JOIN THEIR REGIMENT signed
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Material:
Base: granite Statue: Bronze
Size:
0m x 0m x 5.4864m
Creator:
Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson
Cost / Value:
Over 5,000
Erected by:
Smith Granite Company
Funded by:
The town appropriated $5,000 and the local Women's Relief Committee raised additional funds. The land was donated by the Baptist Church.
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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Read below for one of our contributor’s reflections on this monument