Middlebury to Her Soldiers
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Middlebury to Her Soldiers
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Middlebury to Her Soldiers" by Catherine Sherman.
"Middlebury to Her Soldiers" is a Soldier's Memorial Monument that sits prominently in Middlebury, Vermont. The granite sculpture, which is 32 feet high, consists of a soldier in a Civil War Union uniform holding a flag in his right arm. He stands on top of a multi-layered granite pedestal. Figures depicting an artilleryman, a cavalryman, a marine, and an infantryman stand at the four corners of the pedestal's central section.
The sculpture, referred to as the Soldier's Monument, the Civil War Monument, the Ilsley Monument, and the Spanish American Monument, was named one of "America's Treasures" by the United States Department of the Interior.
The sculpture was commissioned by Silas A. Ilsley (13 March 1840-9 January 1918) on 18 November 1904. Ilsley had served in the New York infantry during the Civil War and moved to Middlebury in 1901 following his retirement from the tinware business in Brooklyn, NY. He donated the monument to the town of Middlebury and the sculpture was dedicated 30 May 1905. The celebration of the dedication was reportedly attended by 7,000 people and included speeches, a parade, and fireworks. Marshall Jones and Seward Jones designed the sculpture which was fabricated by the Jones Brothers Company, founded in Boston, MA in 1882 and began operations in Barre, VT in 1886.
Featured in "Philanthropic Artists for a Cause" group (11/25/2016); "War Memorials And Monuments" group (09/22/2017); "USA Photographers Only" group (05/18/2018)
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