Coadministered by Town of New Milford 10 Main Street New Milford Connecticut 06776
Coadministered by New Milford Historical Society 6 Aspetuck Avenue New Milford Connecticut 06776
Located New Milford Green Top of Green at 6 Aspetuck Avenue New Milford Connecticut
Date:
Dedicated May 30, 1912
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.
Inventory staff, 2000.
Image on file.
(At bottom of plaques:) Paul Winters Morris Sc Jno Williams Inc/Bronze Foundry N.Y. (Front bronze shield plaque, raised letters:) "FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO (...text continues)/PERISH FROM THE EARTH/DELIVERED AT GETTYSBURG/NOVEMBER 19, 1865/BY/ABRAHAM LINCOLN/(wreath) (North shield:) THE GIFT OF/EDWARD WILLIAMS MARSH/CAPTAIN OF COMPANY M/SECOND CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS/HEAVY ARTILLERY/TO THE TOWN OF NEW MILFORD/IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS & SAILORS/OF THE UNION ARMY & NAVY/1861 - 1865/BESIDES BEING IN MANY SKIRMISHES THE NEW/MILFORD TROOPS WERE ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF/GETTYSBURG/COLD HARBOR/PETERSBURG/OPEQVAN/third WINCHESTER/FISHER'S HILL/CEDAR CREEK/FORT FISHER/(cross in wreath) signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A bust of Abraham Lincoln mounted on a rectangular base with relief plaques on the east and west sides. The relief on the west depicts a sailor hauling on the halyard of the flag behind him. The relief on the east shows a bugler standing in front of a mortar. Tassels hang from his bugle.
