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Maine Civil War Monuments

Portland (Monument Square)

Town/County:  Portland/Cumberland Name:  Our Lady of Victories
Location: Monument Square, Congress Street  
Type:  Sculpture Materials: Granite, bronze
Date Erected: 1889-91 Date Dedicated: October 28, 1891
Maker/Sculptor: Granite base designed by Richard Morris Hunt of New York; bronze sculpture by Franklin Simmons Source of Funding: Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association
Principal inscriptions: Portland/To Her Sons Who Died/For The Union
References: William B. Jordan, Jr., Our Lady of Victories, A History of the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Portland, 1998
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Post card, 1939