(Hinsdale Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).

(Hinsdale Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Hinsdale Civil War Memorial), (sculpture).

Cannon cast 1864. Memorial dedicated May 30, 1923.

Sculpture: cast iron, stone, and wooden elements, painted black; Base: gray granite and concrete.

Sculpture: approx. W. 12 ft. 4 in. x D. 11 ft. 1 in.; Base: approx. 5 ft. x 10 ft. 5 in. x 15 ft. (1,220 lbs.).

(On mouth of cannon, reading clockwise:) #349 1220 lbs. cc. 1864. (On top of canon, engraved:) U.S. (On plaque on front of base, raised:) THIS MEMORIAL/WAS ERECTED BY THE/TOWN OF HINSDALE/AND DEDICATED MAY 30, 1923/THE CIVIL WAR TABLET/AND THE CANNON AND BALLS/USED IN THE CIVIL WAR,/ARE THE GIFT OF/FRANCIS E. WARREN/SOLDIER AND STATESMAN,/UNITED STATES SENATOR/FROM WYOMING,/A NATIVE OF HINSDALE/AWARDED MEDAL OF HONOR AS FOLLOWS/"VOLUNTEERED IN RESPONSE TO A CALL AND/TOOK PART IN THE MOVEMENT THAT WAS MADE/UPON THE ENEMY'S WORK UNDER A HEAVY FIRE/THEREFROM IN ADVANCE OF THE GENERAL ASSAULT." (On plaque on back of base, raised:) THESE MEN AND WOMEN OF HINSDALE/SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN/WORLD WAR II/(List of names follows in four columns) (On plaque on side of base, raised:) THESE MEN OF HINSDALE/SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/1775 REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1783/(List of ten names follows in four columns)/1898 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898/(List of three names follows)/1916 MEXICAN BORDER EXPEDITION 1916/(List of three names follows)/1917 WORLD WAR 1918/(List of names follows in five columns)/RED CROSS NURSE/CONLEY ROSE KATHERINE (On plaque on other side of base, raised:) THESE MEN OF HINSDALE/SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/1861 CIVIL WAR 1865/(List of names follows in five columns)/UNITED STATES NAVY/(List of names follows in five columns) unsigned

A Civil War cannon resting on a spoke-wheeled carrier. Beneath the cannon rests a pile of triangularly placed cannon balls. All are placed atop a rectangular base with inscribed plaques on each side.

History -- United States -- Revolution

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Hinsdale

Administered by Town of Hinsdale, Selectman's Office, Maple Street, Hinsdale, Massachusetts 01235

Located Hinsdale Public Library, Maple Street, Hinsdale, Massachusetts

In February of 1923 during a special town meeting, the town voted to appropriate $1,500 to be raised from taxes for the construction of a war monument. Francis Ward, a Hinsdale native and public servant in the state of Wyoming, donated a cannon that had been used in the Civil War and which had been saved from a scrap-iron pile. The granite used for the base was quarried in Monson, Massachusetts. IAS files contain a related article from The Berkshire Eagle (Massachusetts), Nov. 11, 1985.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.

Berkshire Eagle (MA), Nov. 11, 1985.

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