The New England Settlers - Worcester MA - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

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 sculpture was created by Maurice Sterne and dedicated on December 6, 1929.

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: