The Plainville Soldiers' Monument (Plainville, Massachusetts)

The Plainville Soldiers' Monument (Plainville, Massachusetts)

Made possible through the efforts of the local Women's Relief Corps Post 74, the Plainville Soldiers' Monument serves as a dedication to the efforts of the soldiers and veterans in the organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic. It was erected to promote memorialization and to petition for pensions for Civil War nurses. The praise, rather dated in its framing of gender roles, nonetheless is significant in acknowledging the important and ever-expanding work done by women during and after the war. Although the image and inscription only mention men, this monument was a feat succeeded by and for the women of the Civil War.

George H. Maintien

american

1903-10-14

Chloe Moore

English

Site

2022

1903-01-01

1903-10-14

m x m x m

current,42.001345689029755,-71.33759737014772;

A. C. Morrison

United States

The Plainville Soldiers' Monument

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Cemetery

Statue - standing soldier

Town of Plainville

Local Women's Relief Corps Post 74

New Plainville Cemetery

Granite

"A grateful tribute to the brave men of the army and navy who offered their lives in defense of the Union 1861-1865, Erected by the George H. Maintien W.R.C. No. 74."

New Plainville Cemetery

Not found

Massachusetts

Norfolk

2075

Union

Plainville