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| Maine Civil War Monuments | |
Calais |
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| Town/County: Calais/Washington | |
| Location: Memorial Park, Main Street | |
| Type: Soldier | Materials: Calais granite, bronze |
| Date Erected: 1893 | Date Dedicated: May 30, 1893 |
| Maker/Sculptor: Maine Red Granite Company of Calais | Source of Funding: $3,000 raised by the Ladies' Memorial Society of Calais, a women's group which originated with the Calais Sanitary Commission, a women's aid organization that functioned during the Civil War. |
| 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 | |
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Current view
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Post card, c.1930 |
