Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Porter, Raymond Averill, 1883-1949, sculptor.

T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

World War I Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 19, 1921.

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Relief panel: bronze; Monument: Milford pink granite; Base: concrete.

Relief panel: approx. 68 x 29 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 17 ft. x 7 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. 1 in.

(On front of relief plaque, right side:) RAYMOND/AVERILL/PORTER/19 (inscription illegible) - SC (On bottom edge of relief plaque:) THE T. F. MCGANN & SONS CO. FOUNDERS BOSTON (On figure's shield:) FOR GOD/COUNTRY/AND/HUMANITY (In bronze lettering on front of base:) TO THE CITIZENS OF/BERLIN/NEW HAMPSHIRE/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WAR/1917 1919 (Around city seal on base:) CITY OF BERLIN, N.H./TOWN OF BERLIN, SETTLED 1825 (Around state seal on base:) SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE NEO HANTONIENSIS (On bottom bronze plaque on back of base:) GOLD STAR MOTHERS OF BERLIN IN THE/1917-WORLD WAR-1919/(followed by three columns of names) (Bronze plaques on the back, proper left and proper right sides of monument list Honor Roll names) signed Founder's mark appears.

Monument consisting of a tall pink granite shaft with a bronze bas-relief panel inset on the front face. The relief is a depiction of Liberty. The full-length female figure wears sandals, a long robe and a wreath on her head. She stands on rocky ground. She holds a shield in her proper right arm; the shield rests on her proper right hip. Her proper left arm is raised and she holds a palm branch and a laurel wreath in her proper left hand. She stands in front of a laurel bush. The granite shaft is tapered and tipped by a truncated pyramid. On each side of the top of the shaft is a bronze seal: city seals are on the front and back; state seals are on each side. A band of Greek fretwork encircles the shaft between the seals. On each of the Honor Roll plaques on the back and sides of the shaft are reliefs of two eagles with a banner between them. The shaft sits on a low concrete base.

History -- United States -- World War I

Figure female -- Full length

Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty

Dress -- Accessory -- Shield

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Berlin

Administered by City of Berlin, Recreation and Parks Department, First Avenue, Berlin, New Hampshire 03570

Located Grand Trunk Park, Pleasant Street & Exchange Street, Berlin, New Hampshire

Cost of the monument was $6,720. The monument was funded with appropriations from the City of Berlin. IAS files contain transcriptions of all names listed on Honor Roll and Gold Star Mother plaques. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Berlin Reporter, Dec. 2, 1920 and July 21, 1921; and the Manchester Union, July 20, 1921. IAS files contain copy of related materials from "Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the City of Berlin, N.H. For the Year Ending January 31, 1922"; and excerpt from David Ruell's unpublished manuscript "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 189-190.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.

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