The Plainville Soldiers' Monument (Plainville, Massachusetts)
Union
Made possible through the efforts of the local Women's Relief Corps Post 74, the Plainville Soldiers' Monument serves as a dedication to the efforts of the soldiers and veterans in the organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic. It was erected to promote memorialization and to petition for pensions for Civil War nurses. The praise, rather dated in its framing of gender roles, nonetheless is significant in acknowledging the important and ever-expanding work done by women during and after the war. Although the image and inscription only mention men, this monument was a feat succeeded by and for the women of the Civil War.
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
A. C. Morrison
Dedication Date:
1903-10-14
Address:
Plainville
Norfolk
Massachusetts
United States
Inscription:
"A grateful tribute to the brave men of the army and navy who offered their lives in defense of the Union 1861-1865, Erected by the George H. Maintien W.R.C. No. 74."
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Conception Date:
1903-01-01
Opening Date:
1903-10-14
Material:
Granite
Size:
m x m x m
Creator:
George H. Maintien
Cost / Value:
Not found
Erected by:
Town of Plainville
Funded by:
Local Women's Relief Corps Post 74
Run by:
New Plainville Cemetery
Indigenous Land
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