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| Maine Civil War Monuments | |
Winterport |
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| Town/County: Winterport/Waldo | |
| Location: Oak Hill Cemetery | |
| Type: Shaft | Materials: Hallowell, Maine granite, bronze plaques |
| Date Erected: | Date Dedicated: September 21, 1871 |
| Maker/Sculptor: Hallowell Granite Company, bronze plaques made by the Metallic Art Works, Somerville, Massachusetts | Source of Funding: Theophilus Cushing of Winterport |
| Principal inscriptions: Front: True National Glory/Equal And Exact/Justice To All Men/ In Gratitude To The Citizen Soldiers And/Seamen Of Winterport For Services Rendered/Our Common Country In Surpressing The/Slave Holder Rebellion Of 1861 To 1865,/Thereby Maintaining The Union Of The/States, And Establishing Equal Freedom/And Justice To All The People Thereof./A Citizen Of The Town Has Erected This/Monument To Perpetuate Their Memory. May We Here Highly Resolve, That The/Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain: That The Nation Shall, Under God, Have A New Birth/Of Freedom; That The Government Of The People, For The People, And By The People,/Shall Not Perish From The Earth. Honor To The Brave Side: The Army And Navy Of The Republic/Guardians Of Law, Liberty, And Justice Side: The Citizen Soldier, Our Country's Hope In Its Hour Of Peril Rear: Soldiers In War - Citizens In Peace. From The/Right Of Protection Comes The Duty Of Allegiance Gift Of Theophilus Cushing, Sept. 21, 1871 | |
| References: Bangor Whig & Courier, September 22, 1871 | |
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