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Portland (Monument Square) |
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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 |