Administered by Town of North Attleboro North Attleboro Massachusetts
Located Washington Street Attleboro Massachusetts
Date:
1911
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998.
Image on file.
(On left side of bronze base:) Theo A. Ruggles Kitson/Sc (On front of granite base:) TO COMMEMORATE/THE LOYALTY TO COUNTRY:/THE SELF SACRIFICE: THE/HEROISM OF THE MEN OF/NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH/WHO FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE/UNION IN THE DAYS OF THE/CIVIL WAR/1861-1865 (On bronze plaque on left side of base:) THE DEMANDS FOR/LOYALTY TO OUR COUNTRY/ARE AS GREAT UPON THE SONS/AS THEY WERE UPON THE SIRES./THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY/LIES IN THE INTELLIGENCE,.../THE MORAL CHARACTER, THE PATRIOTISM/OF HER CITIZENS. (On bronze plaque on right side of base:) ON THIS COMMON/WAS DRILLED THE FIRST COMPANY/OF THE MEN OF THIS TOWN/WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO ARMS/IN DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC/IN THE DAYS OF 1861/ON SUNDAY JUNE 2D/THEY ATTENDED SERVICES/IN THE CHURCH HERE SITUATED/ON THE NEXT DAY MARCHED FROM HERE/TO JOIN THEIR REGIMENT signed
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Summary:
A figure of Civil War soldier marching with his rifle held over his proper right shoulder. The sculpture stands atop a square granite base that rests on two steps.
