New Hampshire Marine Memorial, (sculpture).

New Hampshire Marine Memorial, (sculpture).

Cosgrove, Alice Ericson, 1909-1971, sculptor.

Andreani, Vincenzo, carver.

Uzarins, Teodors, fabricator.

Comolli, Joseph, contractor.

Marr and Gordon, fabricator.

Caproni Galleries, fabricator.

John Swenson Granite Company, contractor.

New Hampshire Marine Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 30, 1957. Rededicated May 23, 1993.

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 11 1/2 x 5 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 34 in. x Diam. 11 1/2 ft. (7 tons)

(On front of lower step of base:) NEW HAMPSHIRE/MARINE MEMORIAL/DESIGNED BY/ALICE COSGROVE/OF CONCORD, NH/DEDICATED - MAY 31, 1957/MAY 23, 1993 (Around upper step of base:) BREATHE SOFT, YE WINDS..YE WAVES IN SILENCE REST (On back of granite bench:) IN MEMORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S HEROIC WAR DEAD/LOST AT SEA IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY (followed by 248 names) (Around state seals on back of granite bench:) SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE/1776 unsigned

Full-length female figure sitting on a rocky outcrop. Waves wash up against the proper left side of the outcrop. The figure wears a long dress. She holds a wreath with both hands against the rock and her proper left leg. She gazes to the proper left. The granite sculpture rests on a circular granite base. The base is surrounded by a granite curb with a narrow flower bed. Behind the sculpture is a curved granite bench. Two flag poles are located at each end of the back side of the bench. Also at each end, engraved on the back of the bench, is the state seal of New Hampshire.

Figure female -- Full length

Object -- Other -- Wreath

Landscape -- Coast

Occupation -- Military -- Sailor

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Hampton

Administered by State of New Hampshire, Division of Parks & Recreation, 172 Pembroke Road, P. O. Box 1856, Concord, New Hampshire 03302

Located Hampton Beach State Park, Ocean Boulevard, Route 1A, Hampton, New Hampshire

The monument was erected as a memorial for the New Hampshire men who had lost their lives at sea while serving in the armed forces. Ruell cites the cost of the monument as $30,000; $10,000 of which was appropriated by the state and the remainder raised through private contributions. Randall cites the final cost as $50,000. Cosgrove designed the monument; Uzarins sculpted the full-size figure in clay; Andriani carved the granite figure using a plaster cast of the clay model. In 1993 a rededication ceremony was held when the names of 41 merchant marines were added to the list of names on the memorial. IAS files contain transcriptions of all honor roll names.

IAS files contain copy of related dedication ceremony program. IAS files contain copies of related excerpts from Peter Evans Randall's "Hampton, a Century of Town and Beach, 1888-1988, Vol. III", Hampton: 1989, pg. 675-677; and David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire State Historical Society, 1980, pg. 251-253. IAS files contain copies of articles from New Hampshire Profiles, April 1955, pg. 33; Hampton Union, May 20, 23 and June 6, 1957 and May 25, 1993; and New Hampshire Sunday News (Manchester), May 27, 1962.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.

The Hampton Union, May 23, 1957, pg. 1.

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