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Monuments and Memorials

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Public Library and Soldiers Monument

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Identifier: BrooklinePL_B9d
Scope and Contents

Soldiers' Monument sculpted by Edward Clark Potter, located at the corner of Washington and School streets. Taken from Washington Street showing Pierce School and library at right.

Dates: 1865-1991

Soldier's Monument, 1957

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Identifier: BrooklinePL_B9c
Scope and Contents

Winter scene of the Soldiers' Monument sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. Located at the corner of Washington and School Streets.

Dates: 1957

Soldiers Monument

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Identifier: BrooklinePL_B9e
Scope and Contents

Soldiers' Monument designed by Edward Clark Potter, Sculptor located at the corner of Washington and School Streets. Inscribed "To the men of Brookline who heard the call of duty and offered their lives in the defense of the Union 1861-1865"

Dates: 1865-1991

Soldiers' Monument, near Public Library

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Identifier: BrooklinePL_B9b
Scope and Contents

Soldiers' Monument sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. Taken from Washington Street showing Pierce School and library at right

Dates: 1865-1991

Vietnam and Korean War Memorial, 1991

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Identifier: BrooklinePL_B10k
Scope and Contents

Vietnam and Korean War Memorial located on Washington Street in front of the Public Library. 4' x 6' Granite slab bearing the names of 19 Brookline residents killed in combat. Erected by the Brookline VFW; designed by Brookline police officer and Vietnam veteran Wayne Smith. Dedicated Memorial Day, May 28, 1984.

Dates: 1991

Walnut and Warren Streets, 1933

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Identifier: BrooklinePL_B7a
Scope and Contents

Memorial on Town Green located at the triangle in the intersection of Walnut & Warren Streets, opposite First Parish Church, with houses in the background

Dates: 1933