Spanish American War Monument, (sculpture).

Spanish American War Monument, (sculpture).

Mosman, Melzar Hunt, 1845-1926, sculptor.

T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.

Spanish American War Monument, (sculpture).

1902. Relocated 1907.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft. x W. 31 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. x W. 7 ft.

(On bronze base, south side of sculpture:) M. H. Mosman/Sculptor (On bronze base, east side of sculpture:) T.F. MCGANN & SONS CO. BOSTON MASS (On plaque, east side of base:) ERECTED BY THE/TOWN OF CLINTON/IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED/IN THE/1898 SPANISH WAR 1902 (list of names of Company K, 9th Mass. Inf. U.S. Vols.)/NURSES SISTERS OF CHARITY (list of names) (Plaque on north side of base: text of Governor Wolcott's address commemorating the departure of the Massachusetts troops for active service, May 4, 1898) (Plaque on east side of base: text of letter of thanks from the President to General Shafter, who commanded the American army during the Spanish American War) (Carved in relief on west side of base:) SPANISH WAR VETERANS (Plaque on south side of base:) COMPANY K, 9TH MASS. INFANTRY, U.S.V.,/AT THE/SURRENDER OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA/JULY 17, 1898 signed Founder's mark appears.

A bronze figure of an infantryman with his rifle held over his proper left shoulder stands atop a square granite base adorned with bronze relief plaques. On the north side of the base, the relief depicts Company K of the 9th Mass. Inf. U.S. Vols. leaving for Cuba. Below the image is the text of Governor Wolcott's address commemorating the departure of the Massachusetts troops for active service in the Spanish American War, May 4, 1898. On the south side of the base, the relief depicts Company K at the surrender of Santiago de Cuba on July 17, 1898. Both relief images were taken from photographs, reprints can be found in Clinton Centennial Volume 1850-1950, pg. 9.

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- Philippine Insurrection

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Clinton

Administered by Town of Clinton, Clinton, Massachusetts

Located Clinton Common, Chestnut & Church Street, Clinton, Massachusetts

The monument commemorates the Clinton volunteer militia of Company K, 9th Massachusetts Infantry and the local Sisters of Charity nurses who served in the Spanish American War in 1898. And, it honors local men and women in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps who served in the Spanish American War, as well as the Philippine Insurrection that closely followed. The relief images on the base are taken from photographs that are printed in the Clinton Centennial Volume: 1850-1950, pg. 9, available at the Clinton Historical Society. Originally, the monument was installed at the entrance to Clinton's first Town Hall (built in 1871) on the southeast corner of Church and Walnut Streets (along with the Civil War Monument --IAS record MA000413). When fire destroyed Town Hall building in 1907, the monument was moved to its current site about 350 feet away. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form H - Parks and Landscapes questionnaire dated Dec. 1997.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.

SOS Assessment Award, 1999.

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