County: Androscoggin | Source of Funding: $4,150 from the City of Auburn |
Location: At Androscoggin County Courthouse, Court and Turner St | Maker/Sculptor: Hallowell Granite Company, carved by Italian artists |
Type: Soldier | Materials: Hallowell Granite |
Date Erected: 1882 | Date Dedicated: May 30, 1882 |
Principal inscriptions: Erected/By The Citizens of Auburn/In Memory of Her Noble Sons/Who On Land and Sea/Gave Their Lives/To Preserve The Union/ And Secure Freedom/To All Its People/1882; Priceless the treasure to our Country given/Priceless the crown awaiting them/in Heaven With life and vigor/At our country's call. We strove to purchase/Liberty for all. Martyrs/to the/Great Rebellion. | |
References: Auburn History Committee, Auburn 100 Years A City, Lewiston, 1968, p. 367; Fourteenth Annual Report of the City of Auburn, 1883, pp. 49-50; Lewiston Evening Journal, May 30, 1882 | |
Current View
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Stereo View by J.A Swett, May 30, 1882 Monument prior to unveiling |
Stereo View by J.A Swett, May 30, 1882 Monument after unveiling |
Stereo View by A.D. Bonney, c. 1885 |
Post Card c.1910 |