Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Schwarz, Rudolf, 1866-1912, sculptor.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Montgomery County Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Tribute to Montgomery County's War, (sculpture).

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Figures: bronze; Shaft and base: Bedford limestone.

Overall: approx. 38 ft.; Female: approx. 8 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft.; Each soldier: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.: Shaft and base: approx. 30 x 16 x 16 ft.

(On each side of base below soldier, incised:) "LEST WE FORGET" (Front of base, below emblem, incised lettering:) MONTGOMERY/COUNTY'S/TRIBUTE/TO THE/HEROIC DEAD/MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848./MEN ENROLLED 98./WAR FOR THE UNION 1861-1865./MEN ENROLLED 2971./SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 1898./MEN ENROLLED 264. (Metal plaques on lower southwest face of base lists World War I and Korean dead) (Plaque on southeast side of base:) DEDICATED/TO/MONTGOMERY/COUNTY/WORLD WAR/VETERANS/BY BYRON COX/NO. (American Legion emblem) 72 (Second plaque on southeast side of base lists Vietnam dead) (Northeast side of base, below medallion:) MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S/TRIBUTE/TO HER/HEROIC DEAD/WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE 1776./FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1811-12./BLACK HAWK WAR 1832./WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN 1812 1815./ERECTED 1906. (Metal plaque on northwest side of base, below head:) IN MEMORY OF THESE MONTGOMERY COUNTY VETERANS/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II/(list of names in six columns follows)/BYRON COX POST NO. 72 (emblem) THE AMERICAN LEGION unsigned

A war memorial comprised of a Bedford stone shaft with a bronze female figure at the top and two bronze soldiers near the base. The allegorical female figure at the top stands holding a flaming torch in her upraised proper left hand and an olive branch in her upraised proper right hand. The shaft has a scrolled capitol decorated with a protruding head of an eagle. At the base of the shaft are uniformed figures of an Infantryman and a Cavalryman, standing on pedestals on opposite sides. The Infantryman stands erect, fixed bayonet at ready, his proper left foot forward. The Cavalryman carries a rifle in his proper right hand. Bronze war emblems adorn the front and rear of the base. On the northwest and southwest sides of the base are carved faces of a woman in high relief. The monument once had drinking fountain basins around the base.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Crawfordsville

Administered by Montgomery County Commissioners, Montgomery County Courthouse, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933

Located Montgomery County Courthouse, Northeast corner Main & Washington, Crawfordsville, Indiana

The monument is dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of Montgomery County (Indiana). The monument was erected by the Montgomery County Commissioners at a cost of $6,000. After the monument was erected, plaques were added honoring those who died in World War I and World War II. World War II plaques were placed by the Byron Cox Post No. 72, American Legion. In 1984, a Vietnam War plaque was added.

The name of William Bratton, who traveled with Lewis and Clark in 1804, and who lived and died in Montgomery County, also appears on the monument. The monument was originally a drinking fountain, with basins around the bottom. In 1984, the monument was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

IAS files contain: partial transcription of names on World War II plaque; newspaper article from the Crawfordsville Journal & Review, Sept. 24, 1986, pg. 1; and excerpt from Jon Dills' "Magnificent 92," pg. 114.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Crawfordsville Journal & Review, Sept. 24, 1986, pg. 1.

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