Administered by Town of Hopkinton Route 5, Box 258 Hopkinton New Hampshire 03229
Located Town Common Old Henniker Road & Putney Hill Road (Route 9 & Route 103) Hopkinton New Hampshire
Date:
Dedicated Oct. 17, 1916
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(In lower proper left corner of each bronze plaque:) CAST BY PAUL E. CABARET & CO. NEW YORK (On bronze plaque on front of base:) IN MEMORY OF/THE BRAVE SONS/OF HOPKINTON/WHO HAVE DEFENDED/THEIR COUNTRY'S FLAG/SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR/ (followed by two columns of names) (On bronze plaque on proper left side of base:) SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR (followed by two columns of names)/SOLDIERS OF WAR 1812/(followed by two columns of names) (On plaque on back of base:) SOLDIERS OF WAR 1812/(followed by two columns of names)/SOLDIERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR/(followed by two columns of names) (On bronze plaque on the proper right side of base:) SOLDIERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR/(followed by two columns of names)/SOLDIERS OF MEXICAN WAR/(followed by two columns of names)/SOLDIERS OF SPANISH WAR/(followed by two columns of names) Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Full-length figure of a Union soldier. He wears a uniform, cap and overcoat. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. He has a moustache. The granite sculpture stands on a granite base. The base has a moulded top followed by a die with rounded corners and moulded cornice and ending in three steps.
