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History -- United States
History -- United States
Homage -- Stacy, William
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- New Salem
Sculpture
New Salem Lt. Col. William Stacy Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
New Salem Lt. Col. William Stacy Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 1956.
Medium:
Plaque: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 8 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque:) LT. COL. WILLIAM STACY/1733-1804/ALARM BELLS CALLED THE CITIZENS TO THIS GREEN/APRIL 20, 1775 TO LEARN OF THE BATTLE AT LEXINGTON./THERE WAS INDECISION UNTIL 1ST LT. STACY STEPPED/FORWARD AND SAID "FELLOW SOLDIERS, I DON'T KNOW/HOW IT IS WITH YOU, BUT FOR ME I WILL NO LONGER/SERVE A KING THAT MURDERS MY OWN COUNTRYMEN."/PULLING OUT HIS COMMISSION FROM THE CROWN HE TORE IT TO/BITS AND TROD IT UNDERFOOT. AMID WILD CHEERS A MILITIA/COMPANY OF PATRIOTS WAS FORMED AND UNDER THE GALLANT STACY AS CAPTAIN MARCHED OFF TO CAMBRIDGE, MAY SUCH PATRIOTISM EER BE WITH US. unsigned
Description:
A horizontal granite marker is adorned on the front with a rectangular bronze inscription plaque.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Revolution
History -- United States -- Massachusetts
Homage -- Stacy, William
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- New Salem
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of New Salem, New Salem, Massachusetts
Located New Salem Town Green, New Salem, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The bronze plaque was donated to the town of New Salem by Lt. Col. Fiske Rolls of Braintree, a descendent of William Stacy through Stacy's son Benjamin. The plaque was accepted by the town and was attached to a granite marker which was formerly the door step of the New Salem Academy dormitory. Col. Rolls prepared the inscription based on an article in the Boston Herald, April 19, 1953, which was based on an account detailed in John Arner Barber's "History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts," Worcester, MA: Dorr, Howland & Company, 1839. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire. For additional information see the Enterprise & Journal (Orange, MA), Oct. 4, 1956 and Oct. 11, 1956.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS MA000689
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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