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 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument - Pittsfield, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 26.421 W 073° 15.367
18T E 643426 N 4700142
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument honoring the veterans of World War I is located at the intersection of Veterans Way and Colt Road in Pittsfield, MA
Waymark Code: WMTGDZ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2016
Views: 3
A 13.5' high by 10.5' wide bronze sculpture containing five figures stands in front of a granite wall and on an inscribed granite base. The uniformed figures represent members of the United States Marines and Army (front row), and Air Corps and Navy (back row). Rising above them in the center is the Goddess of War, wearing a helmet and breast plate. She is holding a laurel branch, symbolizing victory, in her raised right hand and holds up a spear and shield in her left hand. The sculpture was created bu Augustus Lukeman in 1925 and cast at the Roman Bronze Works, N.Y.
The base of the monument contains two reliefs of wreaths and is inscribed:
1917-1918
A TRIBUTE TO THE LOYALTY
AND SACRIFICE OF HER SONS
AND DAUGHTERS WHO GLORIOUSLY
DEFENDED THE LIBERTIES WON
BY THEIR FATHERS
ERECTED BY THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD
1926
In front of the monument is a stone urn which is inscribed on the top rim : FIDELIS AD MORTEM SUPRA. The bronze plaque on top of the urn is inscribed:
PITTSFIELD VETERANS
MEMORIAL
FIDELIS AD MORTEM SUPRA
“FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND BEYOND”
THE SCULPTOR
HENRY AUGUSTUS LUKEMAN (1871-1935) WAS AN AMERICAN SCULPTOR,
SPECIALIZING IN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS. HE WAS BORN IN RICHMOND, VA,
AND STUDIED UNDER DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH IN NEW YORK, AND AT THE
BEAUX-ARTS IN PARIS. HIS WORKS INCLUDE STONE MOUNTAIN IN GEORGIA,
AND LOCALLY, THE MCKINLEY STATUE IN ADAMS, MA
THE PARK AND MONUMENT
IN 1923, THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD ESTABLISHED THIS SITE AS
MEMORIAL PARK AND COMMISSIONED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
WAR MEMORIAL. ON JULY 8, 1926 THIS SOLDIERS’ ANS SAILORS’
MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED AS THE PEACE MEMORIAL IN TRIBUTE
TO PITTSFIELD’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WAR I. ON MAY 31, 2010 THIS MEMORIAL WAS
REDEDICATED FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE RESTORATION.
IT CONTINUES TO STAND AS A SYMBOLIC SHRINE FOR
ALL VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED SO GALLANTLY
DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/08/1926
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: City of Pittsfield, MA
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Veterans Way at Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA United States
01001
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