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Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Wheeler, Emily O., sculptor. Title:  Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Aug. 6, 1885. Medium:  Monument: granite; Cannon: wood. Dimensions:  Monument: approx. 7 x 9 x 8 ft.' Cannon: approx. L. 5 ft. x Diam. 9 in. Inscription:  (Front face of pedestal, incised in recessed smooth panel:) Erected/by the Town of Sharon/In memory of the brave/Men who enlisted from/This township in the war/of the Rebellion and fell/In the struggle to maintain/The Union/Anno Domino MDCCCLXXXV. (Other three faces, each: list of 8 or 10 names) unsigned Description:  A granite exedra with central pedestal supporting a wood cannon. On either side of the pedestal, mounted on the back of the exedra, are two piles of cannon balls. Carved sunbursts decorate the front of the scrolled exedra bench ends. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Sharon Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Sharon, Selectmen, 63 Main Street, Sharon, Connecticut 06069 Located Main Street, top of Green west side, Sharon, Connecticut Remarks:  The town authorized $1,000 for the execution of the memorial, done in tribute to the town's Union soldiers who died in the Civil War. The pedestal was originally topped by a metal cannon. When that cannon deteriorated earlier in the 20th century, it was replaced by the present wood cannon. For further reading see: Charles F. Sedgwick's "A History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn.," Hartford: Case, Tiffany & Co., 1842, pg. 195-198; and Nomination of Sharon Historic District to National Register of Historic Places. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994. 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 CT000327   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000327 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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