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Civil War Soldiers Memorial
Civil War Soldiers Memorial
Hermon Atkins MacNeil,
1921
* big
stele,
group of people,
standing people,
angel,
hats,
weapons,
flag,
eagle,
horse
* The last picture is of the reference to this piece from the mural at 12th and Walnut
* inscription:
front top: One country, one Constitution, one destiny.
front bottom: Each for himself gathered up the cherished purposes of life,
its aims and ambitions, its dearest affections, and flung all with life
itself into the scale of battle.
back: Donaldson, The Peninsula, Antietem, Murfreesborg, Chancelorsville,
Gettysburg, Chickanagua, Chattanooga, Petersburg, Atlanta, Appomatox,
1861-1865
* North side of the Parkway, West of 20th.
* 39.959650,-75.172650 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece
+another phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Hermon Atkins MacNeil page