1909 Soldiers Monument - Dudley MA
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N 42° 02.740 W 071° 55.813
19T E 257489 N 4659001
The four tall bronze panels—cast by Gorham Mfg. Co.—bear the names of over 300 soldiers who went from Dudley to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Spanish and Philippines War.
Waymark Code: WM13M2R
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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The 1909 Soldiers Monument (1909), is the largest, at eighteen feet, and is located in the center of the Dudley Common in front of the Conant Memorial Congregational Church. Mounted on a three-level stepped-stone granite plinth, the monument is a square rose-colored granite pier topped with a granite cap surmounted by a bronze eagle. The monument was designed by artist Edmund H. Garrett and built by J. N. White & Sons Co., Quincy. The top sculpture is a bronze eagle clasping four wreaths, meant to signify the North, East, South, and West blended in a united nation. Sculptor John Albert Wilson designed the eagle. The four tall bronze panels—cast by Gorham Mfg. Co.—bear the names of over 300 soldiers who went from Dudley to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Spanish and Philippines War.

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Plaque reads:

To the memory of
Dudley's heroes of 1776 who bore arms
to found
an independent nation

Her patriots of 1861-1865
who offered their lives
to preserve the Union

Her soldiers
in the Spanish and Philippine Wars
1898

This monument is erected by
Sons and Citizens of Dudley
July 5, 1909

Soldiers of the Spanish and Philippine Wars
1898
(names not transcribed)

Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
1776
(names not transcribed)

Soldiers of the Civil War
1861-1865
(names not transcribed)


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Type of Memorial: Monument

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