County: Knox | Source of Funding: $1,400 from the Camden Soldiers Monument Association |
Location: Harbor Park, Main St | Maker/Sculptor: Base by Thomas J. Lyons of Vinalhaven, statue by the Hallowell Granite Company |
Type: Soldier | Materials: Granite |
Date Erected: 1899 | Date Dedicated: May 30, 1899 |
Principal Inscriptions: In Grateful Remembrance Of/The Men Of Calais/Who Upon Land And Sea Sacrificed Their/Lives That The Nation Might Be Preserved/And That Government Of The People/By The People And For The People Should/Not Perish From The Earth/1861-1865 | |
References: Calais Advertiser, May 31, 1893 | |
Moved from Monument Square | |
Current View
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Post Card c. 1910 |
Post Card c. 1905 |