Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Mount Vernon, IN
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N 37° 55.899 W 087° 53.712
16S E 421330 N 4198609
Civil War column rises from the courthouse lawn, flanked by a Revolutionary War Memorial and the Cities history.
Waymark Code: WM4FWB
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2008
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County of Monument: Posey County.
Location of Monument: 4th St. & Main St., courthouse lawn, Mount Vernon.
Sculptors: F. M. Young & Rudolf Schwarz (1866-1912).
Founder: Schwarz Foundry.
Sentiment Plaque:
"A PATRIOTISM
WHICH READILY RESPONDS TO ITS COUNTRY'S CALL;
A DEEP REVERENCE FOR THE LAWS;
A DECENT RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS
OF OTHERS
A SINCERE LOVE OF JUSTICE, TRUTH AND COUNTRY,
ARE THE
BEST SAFEGUARDS OF A NATIONS PEACE."Dedication Plaque:
TO
THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
OF
POSEY COUNTY
Monument description:
A bronze Goddess of Liberty stands holding a flag aloft in her proper right hand atop a tall stone column, with four bronze military soldiers at each corner of the base. Liberty is seen in classical dress. The granite column on which she stands is topped with a limestone Corinthian capital and has a limestone tiered base, with three columns. Mounted on each corner of the base is a Civil War soldier--an infantryman on the southwest; a sailor on the northwest; an artilleryman on the southeast; and a cavalry man on the northeast.