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Maine Civil War Monuments

Machias

Town/County:  Machias/Washington  
Location: Court Street  
Type:  Soldier Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1886 Date Dedicated: October 14, 1886
Maker/Sculptor: Hallowell Granite Company Source of Funding: $3,500 from the Ladies Monument Society assisted by public subscription
Principal inscriptions: Erected To The Memory Of The/Soldiers And Sailors/Of Machias/Whose Lives Were Given For/Liberty And Their Country/1861-1865
References: Machias Union, June 1, 1886; June 15, 1886; October 12, 1886; October 19, 1886; Machias Republican, October 9, 1886; October 16, 1886
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Photograph, c.1890

Post card, c.1910