Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Milmore, Martin, 1844-1883, sculptor.

Arms, George, designer.

Harrington, N. B., designer.

Barnes, Charles S., fabricator.

Ames Manufacturing Company, founder.

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 20, 1871.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 11 ft. 8 in. x 7 1/2 ft. x 7 1/2 ft.

(On proper right side of self-base:) M. Milmore/Sculptor. Made at the/Ames Foundry/Chicopee, Mass. (On bronze plaque on front of base:) KEENE/WILL CHERISH IN PERPETUAL HONOR/THE MEMORY OF HER SONS/WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY/AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE/REPUBLIC/ 1861-1865/THE HONOR/OF THE HEROIC DEAD/IS THE INSPIRATION OF/POSTERITY signed Founder's mark appears.

Full-length figure of a Union soldier. He wears a uniform, a long, belted overcoat and cap. He has a moustache. A bayonet hangs on the proper left side of the belted coat. A large pouch hangs from a strap over his proper left shoulder. A medallion shaped like an eagle decorates the strap. He holds the muzzle of a rifle with his proper right hand; the butt of the gun rests on the ground by his proper left foot. The bronze sculpture stands atop a granite base. The die of the base is topped by a moulded cornice; the sides of the die are paneled. The base ends in four steps.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Keene

Administered by City of Keene, Parks and Recreation Department, Keene Recreation Center, 312 Washington Street, Keene, New Hampshire 03431

Located Central Square, Junction of Main Street, Court Street & Washington Street, Keene, New Hampshire

The sculpture was funded by the town and cost approximately $7,000. Milmore created the sculpture which was cast by Ames Manufacturing Company. Arms and Harrington designed the base which was fabricated by Barnes. IAS files contain copy of related articles from New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, NH) Oct. 26, 1871 and the Keene Sentinel, May 30, 1995. IAS files contain copies of related excerpts from Keene History Committee's "Upper Ashuelot: a History of Keene, New Hampshire", Keene: 1968, pg. 123-125, 239; David R. Proper's "Central Square and Beyond", Portsmouth, NH: 1992, pg. 1-3; and David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 4.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1996.

Moore, Merl M., Jr., 1994.

Daily Evening Transcript (Boston), Dec. 14, 1870, 1:2.

Keen Sentinel, May 30, 1995.

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