Highland Cemetery River Street Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
Date:
Dedicated May 1895
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI0036, 1989.
Monumental News, March 1895, pg. 194-196.
Monumental News, July 1905, pg. 440.
Image on file.
Monumental News, July 1905, pg. 440.
(On front of base, raised lettering:) (Top:) THIS STATUE/WAS PRESENTED BY/MARY ANN STARKWEATHER (Middle:) 1861 (emblem) 1865/ERECTED BY THE WOMENS/RELIEF CORPS OF YPSILANTI/IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO IN/THE WAR OF THE GREAT REBELLION/FOUGHT TO UPHOLD THEIR/COUNTRY'S FLAG/---/MEMORIAL DAY 1895 (Bottom:) THEY DIED TO MAKE THEIR/COUNTRY FREE unsigned
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Summary:
A uniformed Union color guard soldier stands grasping a flagpole in his proper left hand. The soldier's proper right hand reaches across his chest to grasp the hilt of his sword, which blends with the furls of the flag. The soldier has a moustache and wears a cap with bill and and a jacket with a strapped flagholder on the front. The soldier is mounted upon a circular, inscribed, multitiered base.
