The Hiker, (sculpture).

The Hiker, (sculpture).

Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor.

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

The Hiker, (sculpture).

1934. Dedicated Nov. 12, 1934.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 20 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft.

T.A.R. KITSON SC / The Gorham Co - Founders (On plaque on front of base, in raised letters:) PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF WOBURN/BY CHARLES H. MOLOY CAMP 42/UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS/AND PATRIOTIC CITIZENS/TO HONOR THE MEN WHO SERVED/IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN/PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION/AND THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION/1898-1902/DEDICATED NOV. 11, 1934 signed Founder's mark appears.

A standing figure of a soldier, dressed in an Army hiking uniform of the Spanish-American War, holds a rifle horizontally in front of him with both hands. He wears a broad-brimmed hat, a shirt with the sleeves rolled up, pants that are tucked into his boots, an ammunition belt around his waist, and a square sack strapped over his proper left shoulder. The sculpture rests on a low granite base and a small flight of granite stairs leads to the memorial.

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- Philippine Insurrection

History -- United States -- China Relief Expedition

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Woburn

Administered by Town of Woburn, Woburn, Massachusetts

Located Woburn Common, Main & Common Streets, Woburn, Massachusetts

The memorial was presented to Woburn by the Charles H. Moloy Camp 42, Spanish-American War Veterans. The memorial replaced the Boulder Memorial formerly located on the same corner of the Woburn Common. The inscription on a plaque set in the ground in front of the sculpture reads: IN HONOR/OF THE MEN OF WOBURN/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN/1898-1903/KILLED IN BATTLE/PRIV. CHARLES H. MOLOY/TROOP E, 6TH U.S. CAV. AT SAN JUAN HILL, CUBA/JULY 1, 1898/DIED OF DISEASE/PRIV. EDWARD BILLINGSLEY/CO. G, 5TH MASS. INF. U.S.V./NOV. 10, 1898/PRIV. ANTHONY KERRIGAN/CO. B, 43RD U.S.V. INF./DEC 10, 1899/THE CITY OF WOBURN/1910. This inscription plaque was the Boulder Memorial. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire; transcriptions of two articles from the Woburn Daily Times, Nov. 9, 1934 and Oct. 10, 1934; and clippings from the Massachusetts Historical Commission vertical file for Woburn Monuments.

Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.

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