Grand Re-Opening of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Monuments -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Photographs from the grand re-opening of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, after a two-year, $2 million transformation of the 116-year-old edifice. Most of the renovation was done in the interior of the monument, with new lighting to illuminate restored stained glass and bronze relief sculptures of Civil War scenes. Marble surfaces were painted to brighten and replicate the original hues inside the monument, which was designed by local sculptor/architect Levi Scofield.

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument commemorates the American Civil War; it consists of a 125' column surrounded at its base by a Memorial Room and esplanade. The column, topped with a statue of the Goddess of Freedom, defended by the Shield of Liberty, signifies the essence of the Nation for which Cuyahoga County veterans were willing to and did give their lives. Four bronze groupings on the esplanade depict, in battle scenes, the Navy, Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry. Inside the Memorial Room are four bronze relief sculptures: Women's Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid Society, Beginning of the War in Ohio, Emancipation of the Slaves and End of the War at City Point, Va. , as well as busts of Gen. James Barnett and Architect/ Sculptor Levi T. Scofield, together with 6 officers, who were either killed in action, or died of disease or their wounds.

Jim Tabaczynski

Jim Tabaczynski

June 5, 2010

Callie McCune

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Cleveland (Ohio)

Soldier's Aid Society

United States -- History -- Civil War

Women -- Societies and clubs -- Ohio

Cleveland (Ohio)

1861-1865 -- War work

Streets -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Cuyahoga County (Ohio)

Reproduction of a photograph of the storefront occupied by the Soldier's Aid Society on Bank Street, Cleveland, Ohio during the Civil War, ca. 1861-1865.

unknown

Ohio Historical Society, Louis Baus - Cleveland, Ohio, P 223, AL00173

ca. 1911-1949

Michelle Epps

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Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)