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Funded by local people, the Memorial Hall Library in Andover was constructed in 1873. It serves as a town library as well as a memorial to the soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Its architectural style is a combination of Italianate design and the…

Prominently located on Veteran Memorial Green, near an elementary school, library and town common, this monument was designed by the well-known female sculptor Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, who created a number of monuments to Union and Confederate…

The Soldier's Monument honoring Williams students and alumni who fought during the US Civil War is of note as it is one of the earliest memorials to veterans and the war dead still extant on college and university grounds, as most such monuments were…

Overlooking the Machias River in Washington, Maine, the Fort O'Brien cannon, also known as "Napoleon', was created by the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts in 1862 and was placed in Fort O'Brien in 1863. During the Civil War, a…

The Standing Lincoln Statue in Chicago made by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887 is considered to be one of the most outstanding and typical portrayal of President Lincoln. The design with a chair behind the president is an innovative expression which…

The Shaw Memorial is a bronze relief sculpture unveiled in Boston in 1897 to commemorate the fallen of 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and their contribution. It depicts Robert Gould Shaw leading his infantry which consists of black…

This monument is located in front of the West Virginia State Capitol, and consists of a 5.75-foot granite pedestal upon which stands an 8-foot tall bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln. The statue was originally designed by artist Fred M.…

Built on a rubble foundation with wooden walls, the Mansfield Memorial Library is a Victorian Gothic style building in Bristol County, MA. The land for the building was donated by Elizabeth F. Noble in 1898 and construction began in 1899. The…