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Camden |
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Town/County: Camden/Knox | |
Location: Harbor Park, Main Street | |
Type: Soldier | Materials: Granite |
Date Erected: 1899 | Date Dedicated: May 30, 1899 |
Maker/Sculptor: Base by Thomas J. Lyons of Vinalhaven, statue by the Hallowell Granite Company | Source of Funding: $1,400 from the Camden Soldiers Monument Association |
Altered or Moved: Moved from Monument Square | |
Principal inscriptions: Erected/In 1899/By The/Camden/Soldiers Monument/Association/In Honor of The/Brave Men of/Camden/Who Gave Their Lives/In Defence of Their/Country During The/Great Rebellion/1861-65 | |
References: Reuel Robinson, History of Camden and Rockport, Maine, pp. 519-520; Rockland Daily Star, May 31, 1899; Industrial Journal, Bangor, December 16, 1898 | |
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Post card, c.1910 |
Post card, c.1905 |