The New England Settlers - Worcester MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 16.192 W 071° 49.036
19T E 267660 N 4683583
The New England Settlers Monument is located at the intersection of Highland Street and Park Avenue in Worcester. It pay tribute a variety of occupations of early New England settlers.
Waymark Code: WMD2N8
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Thorny1
Views: 10

The New England Settlers monument was erected with a $75,000 bequest from the estate of Ellen Rogers-Kennedy. The memorial is a tribute to the early settlers of Massachusetts. The memorial is 26' high and 36' long. It was sculpted by Maurice Sterne and dedicated on December 6, 1929. A central bronze sculpture of farmers is surrounded by a base containing sixteen deep relief panels showing early settlers engaged in a variety of occupations.

The bronze sculpture on top of the base depicts a man and a woman engaged in farming. The man on the right and a woman on the left are walking on either side, and holding the handles, of a central plow. The woman is carrying grain in the a fold of her dress. The man is cradling a sack in his left hand.

The sixteen relief panes depict:

A women is standing over a resting man.
A man is digging in the ground.
A man and a woman are in a row boat.
A woman is mopping a floor.
A woman is examining a man's arm.
A woman is making cloth.
A man and woman are fishing.
A man is working with wood.
A man and a woman are building a structure.
A man is reading a book to a child.
A man and a woman are preparing to eat a meal.
A woman is sewing.
A man and a woman are working a churn.
A hunter is holding a musket.
A woman and child watch as a man bends something by a fire.
A carver is holding a tool by a chain.

A plaque at the back of the bronze sculpture, at the bottom is inscribed:

THE ROGERS-KENNEDY MEMORIAL
THIS MONUMANT IS A GIFT OF
ELLEN ROGERS KENNEDY
AND
WALTER SCOTT GUYLLAN KENNEDY
IS A TRIBUTE TO THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH

Sector of the workforce: Farming, carpentry, fishing, hunting, construction, sewing ...

Created or Donated by which group: Estate of Ellen Rogers-Kennedy

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