Lubec Soldiers' Monument - Lubec, ME
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N 44° 51.675 W 066° 59.066
19T E 659240 N 4969513
This civil war memorial stands, along with a pair of other war memorials, in a small park near the northeast corner of the town of Lubec.
Waymark Code: WMV3KE
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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Dedicated on September 19, 1904, this memorial was crafted entirely of two types of granite, Quincy granite, Black Beaver Lake granite, possibly by Red Beach Granite Works. Atop the column of the monument stands a Civil War soldier dressed in full uniform, complete with musket. At the base of the monument are sculpted mortars at each corner.

On each side of the monument, both on the base and on the shaft, are inscriptions, which follow.

North side:
1904
LUBEC
TO HER LOYAL SONS WHO ON LAND AND WATER
1861-IMPERILED THEIR LIVES FOR THE UNION-1865

East side:
WILLIAM H. BRAWN POST
No. 138 GAR

GETTYSBURG
PETERSBURG

South side:
RAPPAHANNOCK STATION
FORT FISHER

West side:
ON FAMES ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND
THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD
AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN BOND
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD WEST SIDE
MARIES HEIGHTS
NEW ORLEANS

Soldiers' Monument
A full-length standing figure of a Civil War soldier dressed in uniform, with cap, knee-length coat, shoulder cape and belt, and baggy pants. He holds the barrel of a rifle in both hands, with butt end on the ground. He wears a moustache. He stands on a tiered rectangular base, with columns on each end. At each lower corner of the base is a sculpted Civil War era field mortar.
From The Smithsonian
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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Soldiers' Monument

Figure Type: Human

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: September 19, 1904

Materials used: Granite

Location: Small Park, Corner of Main and Pleasant Streets

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