Caribou Veterans Memorial Park Statue (Saint-Leonard, Maine)

Caribou Veterans Memorial Park Statue (Saint-Leonard, Maine)

Situated in the Veteran's Memorial Park opposite the Nylander Museum-Natural History this soldier's statue is dedicated to the men of Lyndon (now Caribou), who served and died during the American Civil War 1861 - 1865. The monument is made of granite and depicts a Union soldier at parade holding the Union flag. The monument was funded by the Ansel G. Taylor Womans Relief Corps No. 97. The monument was unveiled on May 30th, 1918 by Austin Poland, the great grandson of local hero Ansel G. Taylor (1824-1864) a private in the Company F of "Bakers" First D.C Cavalry, died July 7th, 1864. Both the G.A.R post no. 95 and Womans Relief Corps no. 97 bear his namesake. The ceremony also included Lincoln's Gettysburg address by Professor A. W. Boston and several other addresses and prayers by other prominent local figures.

/

american,peoplesculptures,allstatuetypes,unionmonument

Conall Treen

English

Site

56

1918-05-30

m x m x m

current,46.857965,-68.010142;

Free Access, public space

/

Maine, United States

Caribou Veterans Memorial Park Statue

TEXT

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Caribou_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Statue

Statue - standing soldier

Ansel G. Taylor Womans Relief Corps No. 97

Ansel G. Taylor Womans Relief Corps No. 97

Granite

In Memory Of / The/Defenders Of Our Country / And Flag / 1861 1865 / 1917 / Erected By The Efforts Of The Womans Relief Corps

Maine

2130

Union

Saint-Leonard