Sculpture: bronze figure on stone marker; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Mount Hope Cemetery Office of the Superintendent 1038 State Street Bangor Maine 04401
Located Mount Hope Cemetery Mount Hope Avenue Bangor Maine
Date:
1962
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(Incised on stone, front:) NOT PAINLESSLY DOTH GOD RECAST/AND MOULD ANEW THE NATION/SECOND MAINE REGIMENT/OF VOLUNTEERS/BATTLE RECORD JULY 1861-MAY 1863/BULL RUN/YORKTOWN/HANOVER COURT HOUSE/GAINE'S MILL/MALVERN HILL/MANASSAS 2ND BULL RUN/ANTIETAM/SHEPHERDSTOWN FORD/FREDERICKSBURG/CHANCELLORSVILLE (Incised on stone plaque at foot of sculpture: IN MEMORY OF THE/SECOND MAINE REGIMENT/OF VOLUNTEERS/GIFT OF/LUTHER H. PEIRCE/A MEMBER OF THAT REGIMENT
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Summary:
A winged figure is installed on a plain rectangular marker. The wings are upraised, as though in flight, as the figure falls.
