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Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Power, Maurice J., 1838-1902, sculptor. Decorative Arts Foundry, founder. Title:  Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1876. Dedicated July 1, 1903. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 30 ft. x Diam. 20 ft. Inscription:  (There appears to be a signature on the right side of the plinth) (On base:) UNION/In memory of the/Defenders/of our Country/1861-1865/LIBERTY/By Valor and By Sacrifice/Through unmeasured/SUFFERING AND DEATH, THEY PRESERVED THE/HONOR AND INTEGRITY/OF THE NATION,/AND MAINTAINED THE/Principles of FREE GOVERNMENT/IN AMERICA/PEACE/THE COUNTY OF WYOMING/RENDERS HOMAGE/TO HER PATRIOT DEAD/A RESCUED PEOPLE HOLD THEM IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE A.D. 1876/LAW/THEY WERE CITIZENS/WHO BECAME SOLDIERS/NOT FROM AMBITION/OR LUST OF WAR/BUT FROM DEVOTION/TO THEIR COUNTRY/AND TO ASSERT THE/SOVEREIGNTY OF HER LAWS. signed Description:  Full-length uniformed Civil War soldier stands atop a Corinthian column. The figure wears a long coat and cap and holds his rifle vertically by his proper right side, with both hands around the barrel. The column stands on a tiered base with cannon mount at each bottom corner. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Warsaw Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Wyoming County, Board of Supervisors, 143 North Main Street, Warsaw, New York 14569 Located Intersection of North Main & Court Streets, Warsaw, New York Exhibitions:  Centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876. Remarks:  The Corinthian column was exhibited at the Centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876. For further reading, see "History of the Centennial Celebration: Warsaw, Wyoming County New York, June 28-July 2, 1903," edited by Laura Bristol Robinson (Warsaw, NY: Western New Yorker, 1903), pg. 191-228. Unpublished archival materials are on file with the Warsaw Historical Society (South Gates House, Perry Avenue, Warsaw, New York 14569) and see also the William Pryor Letchworth Papers (Letters, 1876), Letchworth State Park, Castile, New York 14427. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY001803   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001803 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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