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The first piece of public sculpture to be erected in the city of Haverhill, this monument was dedicated in 1869 in honour of the 187 local men who lost their lives fighting the Civil War. Standing at 20 feet tall, both statue and base are crafted…

This bronze bust depicts Joshua Glover in Joshua Glover Park in the Etobicoke neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. In 1852, Glover escaped from where he was enslaved in St Louis, Missouri, eventually making his way to Canada through the Underground…

The monument was built of rusticated granite blocks in the form of an obelisk. The square base and plinth are also granite. It was fashioned after the Washington monument and stands 75 feet tall. Aside from a small Masonic notation the only…

Also known as "Robert E. Lee on Traveller"

Dedicated in 1882, the Bowdoin College's Memorial Hall (now called the Maine State Music Theatre and Pickard Theatre) was erected by the alumni of Bowdoin College to commemorate the college's alumni who served during the Civil War. The project began…

One of the first Confederate monuments to even mention slavery and the only one to focus on it specifically, the memorial was dedicated in 1896 to the myth that the enslaved population was content with the institution of slavery. Its carved marble…

Located in the Mount Hope Cemetery, just outside of Bangor, this Soldiers' Monument was one of the first monuments to be erected in Maine. Erected by the Citizens of Bangor and dedicated to the men of Bangor who served during the war, this monument…

The Andersonville Trial is a Broadway play written by Saul Levitt and was presented in 1959 which focuses on the actual trial of Henry Wirz happened in 1865. The play was adapted to television drama in 1970 and won the 1971 Emmy Awards and a Peabody…

A brown plaque hanging above the offices of the Shepherds Bush Housing Group commemorates William and Ellen Craft, in the area of London where the Crafts lived. The Crafts escaped enslavement in the United States, travelling to Britain to avoid…

Erected by the Sons of Confederate Veterans on October 16th, 1988, the Gate City Courthouse Plaque commemorates the Confederate soldiers of Scott County, Virginia. The monument consists of a bronze plaque that reads the dedication mounted upon a…