Warren Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Warren Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Ruckstull, Frederic Wellington, 1853-1942, sculptor.

R. L. McGovern Company, fabricator.

Warren Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Spirit of Decoration Day, (sculpture).

America Remembers, (sculpture).

1922. Dedicated May 30, 1924.

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Figure and eagle: bronze; Shaft and base: light gray granite from Barre, Vermont.

Overall: approx. H. 22 ft.; Figure: approx. 7 1/2 ft. x 31 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in.; Eagle: approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 1 ft.; Shaft: approx. 20 ft. x 13 ft. 8 in. x 15 ft.

(Incised on base of figure, rear side:) F.W. Ruckstull/Sculp 1922 (In raised caps on front of base:) 1861/1865 (In incised caps on front of base:) THE GIFT OF COLONEL CHARLES WARREN/TO THE TOWN OF HIS NATIVITY (Incised on front and rear of shaft:) ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE/WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL signed

Full-length figure of a woman, clothed in flowing robe and sandals. She stands on a base protruding from the front of a domed shaft with a bronze eagle on top. She holds a wreath of forget-me-nots, some palms, roses and poppies in her proper left arm. Her proper right hand is on her proper right cheek. The shaft is adorned with a high-relief vertical classical torch centered on the top of each of its sides. The eagle on top of the domed shaft is perched on a sphere with its wings spread.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure female -- Full length

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Object -- Flower -- Rose

Object -- Flower -- Forget-Me-Not

Allegory -- Religion -- Immortality

Object -- Foliage -- Palm

Object -- Flower -- Poppy

Object -- Other -- Torch

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Stafford Springs

Administered by Town of Stafford, Department of Parks, Warren Memorial Town Hall, Stafford Springs, Connecticut 06076

Located Hyde Park, Entrance of park, behind library at 4 Spring Street, Stafford Springs, Connecticut

Funding for the Civil War memorial came from war veteran Colonel Charles Warren (1853-1920), who left $25,000 in his will for a "Soldier's Monument." IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program which refers to the female figure as "America Remembers" or "The Spirit of Decoration Day." The flowers held by the figure are symbolic: the forget-me-nots symbolize immortality; the palms, Glory; roses for love, and the poppies eternal rest. For related information see: Mildred C. Baruch and Ellen J. Beckman, "Civil War Union Monuments," (Washington, D.C.:) Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1978, pg. 18.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

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