This monument was erected on the common in 1881.  The initiatory steps for this purpose were taken by Post 39 of the Grand Army of the Republic in September 1879, when $500 was contributed by the Civil War veterans.  This action was followed by a meeting of citizens on November 13,  when a committee was appointed to consider the matter.  This committee reported to a large assemblage of people on November 24, recommending that a monument of granite be placed in some central position on the common, and that contributions be solicited in small sums in order that the monument might literally be the people's memorial to the deceased soldiers and sailors.  

    The crowning figure of the monument, representing "Union", was designed by David Richards.  The figure was cut from Concord granite by Theodore M. Perry at the Quincy granite works.  The shield bears the legend of the Lawrence municipal seal, "Industria", and the emblematic bee.  On the buttresses at the base of the column stand three figures in bronze.  The fist representing an infantry soldier, nearly a duplicate of one in Albany NY was designed and modeled by Henry Ellicott of NY.  The other two, one representing a sailor and the other a dismounted cavalry officer, were modeled by William R. O'Donovan at the foundry of the general designer of the monument, Maurice J. Power3, in NY where all were cast.  

    The monument bears the following inscription:

    "ERECTED IN 1881

By the People of Lawrence

In Honor of Those Who 

Served in the Army and Navy

1861-1865"

"In Memory of Brave Men,

Whose Sacrifice and Death

PRESERVED THE UNION"

THESE DIED 

THAT WE MAY HAVE

SECURITY AND PEACE

SUMNER HENRY NEEDHAM,

Killed in Baltimore, Maryland

April 19th, 1861    

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Plaque I

This memorial is located on Campagnone Memorial Common Lawrence MA

This was transcribed by MET Jan 16, 2006