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Title
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Boston, Massachusetts)
Description
Located on Flag Staff Hill in the city's Common and reaching over 125 feet in height, Boston's Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is one of Massachusetts' most striking Civil War memorials. The monument features a statue embodying "America', flanked by a quartet of marble eagles, atop a 75 foot Roman column; a further four statues, representing the points of the reunited nation, are included at the column's base. Projecting the plinth are another set of allegorical figures, representing Peace, the Sailor, the Muse of History, and the Citizen-Soldier, which had, until 2014, been stored away from public display. The memorial's plinth includes a bas-relief tablet of bronze on each of its four sides, depicting an array of Civil War scenes featuring notable Bay Staters. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument was dedicated on September 17, 1877, over a decade after artist Martin Milmore's submitted design.
Creator
Martin Milmore
Source
architecturalelements
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
47
Date Created
1866-04-16
Date Issued
1877-09-17
Extent
0m x 0m x 38.4048m
Spatial Coverage
current,42.35544,-71.06639;
Rights Holder
Martin Milmore
Europeana
Country
USA
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Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Boston, Massachusetts)
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TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Soldiers'_and_Sailors'_Monument__Boston,_Massachusetts_
Monument Type
Victory column
Erected by
The City of Boston
Funded by
The City of Boston ($75,000)
Material
Column - Hallowell white granite; Statues - bronze; Bas-relief tablets - bronze
State
Massachusetts
Affiliation
Union
City
Boston