Henry Bradford Endicott - Boston, MA
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A tablet honoring Henry Bradford Endicott is located on the stairway in Nurses Hall in the Massachusetts State House at 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA.
Waymark Code: WMN310
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2014
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Henry Bradford Endicott was born September 11, 1853 in Dedham, MA. Upon graduating high school he went into the leather business and eventually was a founding partner of the Endicott-Johnson Corporation, a major manufacturer of shoes and a company that was known for its progressive labor and business practices.
During World War I it was largely through Endicott's efforts that the Massachusetts National Guard was equipped and deployed. He was appointed by Governor McCall of Massachusetts to the Committee on Public Safety and appointed chairman to the Executive Committee. After the famous explosion in Halifax Harbor on December 6, 1917 that killed 200 people and injured 9000 people, Endicott organized the relief effort from Massachusetts.
A 69" by 41" by 3" bronze tablet honors the accomplishments of Henry Bradford Endicott. At the top of the tablet is a portrait of Henry Bradford Endicott encircled by a wreath and at the bottom is the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The tablet was created by the famous sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson and cast at the T. F. McGann & Sons Company foundry in 1921.
The tablet is inscribed:
HENRY BRADFORD ENDICOTT
HUMANITARIAN LOYAL CITIZEN
PATRIOT
STATE AND FEDERAL
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
EXECUTIVE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
FEBRUARY 10, 1917 - NOVEMBER 21, 1918
IN A TIME OF GREAT NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND
CIVIC STRESS, A LEADER OF THE HOME ARMY,
HE PLACED HIS EMINENT ABILITIES, HIS ENER
GIES, HIS LIFE, AT THE SERVICE OF THE STATE
AND NATION, INSPIRING HIS FELLOW MEN TO
SUPREME EFFORT IN BEHALF OF COUNTRY,
OF PRINCIPLE, OF RIGHT. IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING
TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED
BY THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1853
DIED FEBRUARY 12, 1920
The Massachusetts State House at 24 Beacon Street in Boston is open to the public Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. All visitors must enter through the General Hooker entrance.