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 |