Freedom Arming the Patriot - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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BruceS
N 41° 52.620 W 071° 23.214
19T E 301936 N 4638874
Civil War memorial located at Wilkinson Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Waymark Code: WMCPDA
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2011
Views: 3
The memorial was dedicated in 1897. The memorial features a sculpture by W. Granville Hastings of a woman (Liberty) wearing a long robe, in her right hand she hold a pike high in the air and in her left she holds a sword. In front of her is figure of a farmer (Patriot) genuflecting as he reaches for the sword. To his left is his plow. The figures stand on a base with wing on each side. On each side are bas relieves of a female reclining figures, one is writing on a tablet and the other is holding a fern. On the center part of the base is a bas relief scene of Union artillery. On the back side of the base is plaque inscribed:
In Grateful Recognition
Of The Valiant And Self-Sacrificing Service To Their Country
Of All Persons
Who Went From Pawtucket And It Vicinity To Join
The Forces Of The United States
During The Civil War.
And Especially To The Memory Of Those Who Suffered
And Died In That Service.
This Monument Is ErectedBy
The Ladies Soldiers Memorial Association
Of Pawtucket, Rhode Island
And By Then Is Consecrated As An Everlasting Memorial
Anno Domini 1897
TITLE: Freedom Arming the Patriot also known as Liberty Arming the Patriot
ARTIST(S): William Granville Hastings
DATE: 1896.; Dedicated 1897.
MEDIUM: Bronze on a granite base.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS RI000024
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Wilkinson Park
Park Place
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Other sources indicate the title of the memorial is Liberty Arming the Patriot rather than Freedom Arming the Patriot.
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