Liberty Arming the Patriot
Liberty Arming the Patriot, Civil War memorial in Wilkinson Park, Pawtucket, United States.
The bronze sculpture depicts Liberty handing a sword to a young farmer who holds onto his plow handle at Wilkinson Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Commissioned by the Ladies Soldiers Memorial Association of Pawtucket, the monument was created by William Granville Hastings and installed at Park Place in 1897.
The memorial features a bronze plaque showing the Battle of Antietam, with a Union artillery battery led by General Ambrose Burnside from Rhode Island.
Located at coordinates 41.876983, -71.3869678, the monument stands 21 feet tall, combining an 11-foot bronze sculpture with a 10-foot granite base.
The memorial includes two additional figures: the Scribe of History writing on a tablet and Eternity holding a symbolic fern frond.
Location: Rhode Island
Inception: 1897
GPS coordinates: 41.87698,-71.38697
Latest update: March 14, 2025 01:51
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