The Charlestown Civil War Memorial - Boston, MA
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N 42° 22.466 W 071° 03.595
19T E 330402 N 4693405
This Memorial is located in Winthrop Park in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston.
Waymark Code: WMHKZG
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2013
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This sculpture is on the Smithsonian Inventory (
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"A group of three figures on pedestal and base. Depicted is a female figure representing Liberty holding a laurel wreath in each hand. In front of her are standing figures of a soldier and a sailor."
and the inscription:
" (Proper right of female figure:) Milmore sculptor 1871 (On base:) In honor/of/the men of Charlestown/who fought in the War of 1861/for the/Preservation of the Union/erected by the City/A.D. 1872 signed"