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North to Freedom is a bronze statue depicting a self-emancipated man, sculpted by Glenn and Dianne Hines. The statue was added in 2002 in Chamberlain Freedom Park, five years after the park was built, and it is Maine's only official monument…

The 20th Maine Monument which sits in Chamberlain Freedom Park, Brewer is a replica of the eponymous monument situated in Little Round Top, Gettysburg. The monument, like the one in Gettysburg, commemorates the 386 men of the 20th Maine Volunteers…

Residing on an eminence in North Weymouth Cemetery, "one of the oldest cemeteries still in use in the United States', the Soldiers' Monument stands at 25 feet and was dedicated on July 4, 1868. An obelisk of Quincy granite, this monument is flanked…

Built in 1874 by Cincinnati architect James W. McLaughlin, the Northampton Memorial Hall is the only example on Main Street of Post Civil War General Grant style architecture. The building not only serves as a memorial site, but also as a public…

This Civil War Nurses Memorial in Washington D.C. is a monument raised by Ellen Ryan Jolly and designed by Irish artist Jerome Connor to honor the nuns who looked after soldiers on both sides during the American Civil War. The memorial consists of a…

This Civil War Nurses Memorial in Washington D.C. was raised by Ellen Ryan Jolly and designed by Irish artist Jerome Connor to honor the nuns who looked after soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. The memorial consists of a granite base…