Calais

 
County: Washington Source of Funding: $3,000 raised by the Ladies' Memorial Society of Calais, a women's aid organization that functioned during the Civil War.
Location: Memorial Park, Main St Maker/Sculptor: Maine Red Granite Company of Calais
Type: Soldier Materials: Granite from Calais, Bronze
Date Erected: 1893 Date Dedicated: May 30, 1893
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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Post Card c. 1930

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