Center Harbor Artillery Relief on Honor Roll, (sculpture).

Center Harbor Artillery Relief on Honor Roll, (sculpture).

Liberty Bronze Works, founder.

Laconia Monument Company, contractor.

Center Harbor Artillery Relief on Honor Roll, (sculpture).

Center Harbor Honor Roll, (sculpture).

Installed 1920 (?). Dedicated May 30, 1992.

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Plaques: bronze; Stele: granite.

Each plaque: approx. 2 ft. 11 in. x 2 ft. 1 in. x 1 1/2 in. (87 x 55 x 2 cm.); Stele: approx. 4 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft.

(On World War I plaque:) (copyright symbol) LIBERTY BRONZE WORKS N.Y. (On World War I plaque, raised letters:) IN HONOR OF/CENTER HARBOR BOYS/WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY/(List of names in two columns) (First Column) 1914 WORLD WAR 1918/(List of eleven names)/U.S. NAVY/NOYES V. SANBORN/SPANISH WAR/EBEN S. HAWKINS (Second column) 1861 CIVIL WAR 1865/(List of eighteen names)/"THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE,/BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL/NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH."/A Lincoln (On center plaque, raised letters:) IN HONOR OF/THOSE WHO SERVED FROM/CENTER HARBOR/IN WORLD WAR II/(List of thirty-eight names in two columns)/DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD/IN MEMORY OF CENTER HARBOR MEN AND WOMEN/WHO BY THEIR UNSELFISH PATRIOTISM HAVE/ADVANCED THE AMERICAN IDEALS OF LIBERTY AND/THE UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD OF MEN (On right plaque, raised letters:) IN HONOR OF/THOSE WHO SERVED FROM/CENTER HARBOR/KOREAN WAR/(List of four names in two columns)/VIETNAM WAR/(List of eleven names in two columns)/PERSIAN GULF WAR/DANIEL J. WHITE/IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS OF ALL WARS/FROM THIS TOWN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY TO PRESERVE/THE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY unsigned Founder's mark appears.

A granite stele with three bronze plaques. The left text plaque includes a relief scene of a World War I artillery battery in action, with three cannons. In the foreground, a soldier lies wounded or dead near the first artillery battery. Below the relief scene is text. The central text plaque is decorated with emblems of the three branches of the Armed Services. The right text plaque is decorated with the military badges of the U.S. Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. Each plaque is topped by a heraldic eagle clutching a banner with "USA" on it. The eagles' wings are outstretched and flanked by semi-unfurled American flags and foliage.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

History -- United States -- Korean War

History -- United States -- Vietnam War

History -- United States -- Persian Gulf War

State of Being -- Evil -- War

Figure group -- Male

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

State of Being -- Illness -- Wound

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Architecture -- Military -- Battlefield

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Center Harbor

Administered by Town of Center Harbor, Old Meredith Road, P. O. Box 140, Center Harbor, New Hampshire 03226

Located Nichols Memorial Library, Intersection of Plymouth Street, Main Street, & Meredith Road, Center Harbor, New Hampshire

In 1919, a vote was taken to see if the town would raise money to place "suitable tablets" bearing the names of those who fought in the Civil War, Spanish War, and World War I. $200 was appropriated in 1920, and Liberty Bronze Works fabricated the plaque. It was mounted on a boulder on the front lawn of the public library. After World War II, a second plaque was added honoring World War II dead. In 1992, voters approved use of private funds in the amount of $5,287,80 to restore the two older plaques and to add a new plaque honoring veterans from the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars. The restoration of the two older plaques and the fabrication of the new plaque were done by Laconia Monument Company. A new granite base was created for the three plaques. IAS files contain transcription of names on plaques. IAS files contain articles from The Laconia Democrat, June 4, 1920, pg. 4; and The Meredith News, June 3, 1992,pg. 1, 10. IAS files contain excerpts from the "Annual Report of the Town of Center Harbor, Year Ending January 31, 1919," pg. 6; the "Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Center Harbor, Year Ending January 31, 1920," pg. 29, 40; and the "Annual Report Town of Center Harbor, New Hampshire, for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1992," Meredith, 1993, pg. 54.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

The Meredith News (New Hampshire), June 3, 1992, pg. 1.

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