Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Landmark: Market Square
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument
John Massey Rhind,
James H. Windrim (Architect),
1883
* brief quotes from Lord Byron,
Saint Luke,
William Penn
and
Daniel Webster
* big
standing person
wearing a hat,
weapons,
eagles,
horses,
olive branches,
United States, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia seals
* The eagles and plaques are by John Massey Rhind. The soldier is variously attributed to John Lachmier or Lachmer. The quote on the Pennsylvania plaque, though not attributed, is from is from William Penn's Frame of Government
* The soldier is identical to the one on the West Park Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument
* inscription:
They never fail who die in a great cause.
-Byron
1861 Germantown's tribute to her heroic dead 1883
United States of America
Liberty and Union
now and forever, one
and inseperable
-Webster
Pennsylvania
The Keystone State
liberty without obedience is confusion and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Philadelphia
The City of Brotherly Love
On Earth peace
Good will toward men
-Luke
* Market Square.
Germantown between Shoolhouse and Church.
* 40.034325,-75.172300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Germantown Avenue tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
War
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page
+wikipedia.org's Lord Byron page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's Daniel Webster page