Monument to the Soldier and Sailor

The monument to sailors and soldiers was erected in memory of the fallen soldiers during the Civil War. It was built in Boston, Massachusetts by the Irish sculptors Millmore Brothers. The opening of the memorial took place in 1876. On September 17, 1877, the monument was consecrated and attended by 25,000 people.

Figures of soldiers and sailors are placed on the rise. The monument is made in the form of a column of white granite in the neoclassical style. Its height is 40 meters, and the area of the platform on which it is built is 38 square meters. On the monument there is a bas-relief consisting of four bronze tablets. Each of them has its own meaning. The first symbolizes the departure of soldiers for war, the second - the provision of medical care on the battlefield, the third reflects the alliance of sailors in the collision of federal forces with the battleship "Virginia", and the fourth - the return after the war.

At the top of the monument is a figure in the form of a woman, known to all under the name of America. On her head is a crown with thirteen stars. In her left hand is an American flag, and in her right hand is a wreath and sword.