Civil War Monument - Franklin, Vermont
Posted by: Vermontish
N 44° 59.076 W 072° 55.011
18T E 664228 N 4983350
Gift to the town by a prominent resident
Waymark Code: WM490V
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2008
Views: 33
Bronze on a solid gray granite base. Designed by James H. Walling; Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Sculpture is approximately 7 feet tall on an 11 foot base..
Carmi Marsh (native son, himself a Civil War veteran, owner of the Missisquoi Flouring Mill, several dairy farms, and president of Kendall's Spavin Cure) gave to the town this massive Civil War Monument that anchors the picturesque town green. When he died of cancer shortly thereafter, the community petitioned the Legislature to rename the lake which occupies the center of the town in his honor. Understandably, they elected for "Lake Carmi" over "Lake Marsh". In 1920 the Legislature officially changed the name.
The fact that Mr. Marsh is not listed among those "who dared to die but didn't" bespeaks a certain modesty.