Had a chance to visiting downtown Portland Maine early yesterday evening and got some great photos and learned a bit of history of the area.
The Civil War Memorial in Portland, Maine is a large complex monument in the
center of the city. It is also known as the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument, Civil War Monument, Our Lady of Victories, and the
Victory Monument. It contains a central allegorical female figure
standing on a square granite base with additional sculpture groups on
the north and south sides of the base. The figures were sculpted by
Franklin Simmons, the architect for the monument was Richard Morris
Hunt, and the sculptures were cast at the Fonderia Nelli, foundry. The
monument is 45' high and the base is 20.5' on a side. it was dedicated
on October 28, 1891.
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