War Memorial, (sculpture).

War Memorial, (sculpture).

Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor.

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

War Memorial, (sculpture).

Winchester War Memorial, (sculpture).

Humanity and Justice, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 3, 1926.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: Stony Brook granite.

Sculpture: approx. 12 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.(1 1/2 tons).

(On left side of sculpture:) MCMXXV SC HERBERT ADAMS (On right side of sculpture:) Gorham Co Founders (On front of base:) TO THE MEN AND WOMEN/OF WINCHESTER/WHO SERVED THE CAUSE OF/HUMANITY AND JUSTICE/IN THE WORLD WAR/THESE MEN GAVE THEIR LIVES/(list of names) signed Founder's mark appears.

Two robed allegorical female figures, representing Humanity and Justice, stand side by side in front of an American flag. Between them, they jointly hold a wreath, each figure grasping the wreath with one hand, arms entwined with one another. One figure holds a laurel branch in her proper right hand and the other figure holds a sheathed sword in her proper left hand. The sculpture rests atop a rectangular stone base that rests on two steps.

History -- United States -- World War I

Figure group -- Female

Allegory -- Life -- Humanity

Allegory -- Quality -- Justice

Object -- Other -- Wreath

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Winchester

Administered by Town of Winchester, Public Works, 71 Mt. Vernon Street, Winchester, Massachusetts 01890

Located Main Street & Mystic Valley Parkway, Winchester, Massachusetts

The memorial was initiated at the 1923 Town Meeting and a year later Herbert Adams was commissioned. The memorial cost $56,228.60, of which $8,500 was raised through public subscription and the remainder was funded by Lewis Parkhurst. In 1965, the Sons of Italy financed the restoration of the memorial. IAS files contain excerpts from the Town of Winchester, Town Report 1925. For additional information see the files of the Historical Society of Winchester.

Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.

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