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…
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…
This monument is two marble pylons on either side of the Parkway that frame the Philadelphia Art Museum. The South pylon is dedicated to sailors, and includes one holding binoculars, and another wounded. The North one is for soldiers, including two…
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…
After the Vancouver Jefferson Davis highway marker was removed from public land in 2006, the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans purchased a small plot of land in 2007 to be made into a public park that would permanently…
This cannon, displayed in in Amherst College, Massachusetts, commemorates a former student, Adjutant Frazar Stearns, who was killed at the Battle of New Bern on 14 March 1862. The cannon was confiscated from Confederate forces by the 21st Regiment…
The town of Bowdoinham's Civil War Monument is an 1864 cast-iron Rodman Gun weighing about 4.2 tons and is fixed to a granite base. It is situated at the intersection of Main Street (Route 24) in Bowdoinham. Two different committees were formed over…