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    		• Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Attleboro
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1911.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 4 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 11 x 10 x 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On left side of bronze base:) Theo A. Ruggles Kitson/Sc (On front of granite base:) TO COMMEMORATE/THE LOYALTY TO COUNTRY:/THE SELF SACRIFICE: THE/HEROISM OF THE MEN OF/NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH/WHO FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE/UNION IN THE DAYS OF THE/CIVIL WAR/1861-1865 (On bronze plaque on left side of base:) THE DEMANDS FOR/LOYALTY TO OUR COUNTRY/ARE AS GREAT UPON THE SONS/AS THEY WERE UPON THE SIRES./THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY/LIES IN THE INTELLIGENCE,.../THE MORAL CHARACTER, THE PATRIOTISM/OF HER CITIZENS. (On bronze plaque on right side of base:) ON THIS COMMON/WAS DRILLED THE FIRST COMPANY/OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWN/WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO ARMS/IN DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC/IN THE DAYS OF 1861/ON SUNDAY JUNE 2D/THEY ATTENDED SERVICES/IN THE CHURCH HERE SITUATED/ON THE NEXT DAY MARCHED FROM HERE/TO JOIN THEIR REGIMENT signed
    Description: 
    A figure of Civil War soldier marching with his rifle held over his proper right shoulder. The sculpture stands atop a square granite base that rests on two steps.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Attleboro
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of North Attleboro, North Attleboro, Massachusetts
    Located Washington Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The monument was erected to honor the men of North Attleboro who fought in the Civil War.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998.
    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 MA000715
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