Lincoln Memorial and Soldiers' Monument - Sharon Township, MI
N 42° 11.467 W 084° 04.300
16T E 741800 N 4675147
This Smithsonian Inventory sculpture is located at the west end of the Sharon Township Cemetery on the property of the town hall at 18010 Pleasant Lake Rd, Manchester, MI 48158.
Waymark Code: WM16964
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2022
Views: 1
The sculpture commemorates Abraham Lincoln, and was erected to the twenty-four soldiers from Sharon who died in the Civil War. The sculpture's cost of $1,500 was raised by subscription. In June, 1917, the sculpture was partly blown down during a tornado, and may have been relocated. IAS files contain a related article from the Manchester Enterprise (Michigan), June 7, 1917, which discusses the tornado damage. The sculpture has also been "partially knocked down" by a car, but was reerected.
The four sided monument has three of them dedicated to the Civil War dead from the Sharon Township community. The fourth is dedicated to Abraham Lincoln:
SACRED
to the memory of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
PRESIDENT
of the United States
DIED
by the hand of an Assassin
April 15, A.D. 1865
A Martyr to Freedom.
TITLE: Lincoln Memorial and Soldiers' Monument
ARTIST(S): Anton Eisele
DATE: 1866
MEDIUM: Sculpture: marble; Base: marble coated with cement
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MI000396
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
West end of the Sharon Township Cemetery on the property of the town hall at 18010 Pleasant Lake Rd, Manchester, MI 48158.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The monument has experienced much distress over the years. There is some pitting and a dark grey discoloration through the marble. A stone has been added to the front with a modern plaque listing the Civil War fallen, perhaps in response to the car having knocked the monument over sometime in the past.
The Lincoln side inscription has a couple mistakes listed on the Smithsonian website:
1. Assassin should be capitalized
2. A.D. has periods after the letters in his death date
3. Martyr and Freedom are capitalized in the last line.
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