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The Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument

sculptor: Adolph Alexander Weinman
architect: Albert Randolph Ross

The sculptural group atop the monument depicts Bellona and Nike (Victory) with a citizen-soldier he donning his uniform and sword belt as he turns away from his plow and anvil.

Wyman Park - Johns-Hopkins - Homewood neighborhood
Baltimore, Maryland

INSCRIPTIONS:
"Scvto bonae voluntatis tvae coronasti nos" ("You have crowned us with the shield of Your good will"

"Erected by the State of Maryland to commemorate the patriotism and heroic courage of her sons who on land and sea fought for the preservation of the federal Union in the Civil War 1861–1865"

Taken in: United States / Maryland / Charles Village (show map)

Taken on: March 1, 2014

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