tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post8082705586079094135..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: There's a Yankee on our Memorial!Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-46620494171275457872016-07-19T15:50:49.930-04:002016-07-19T15:50:49.930-04:00Thank you and excellent information.Thank you and excellent information.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-22501958507968582722016-07-19T15:50:30.729-04:002016-07-19T15:50:30.729-04:00Hi Brock,
I tried to answer you Free North Caroli...Hi Brock,<br /><br />I tried to answer you Free North Carolina blog concerning "There's a Yankee on our Memorial" but kept getting a "URL contains illegal characters" message. So, I am going to do it this more conventional way. Perhaps you could put it on your blog or instruct me how?<br /><br />While I have no knowledge concerning the statue in beautiful Kingstree, SC, I do know about the statue in the middle of my Southern Maine town of York.<br /><br />The York Maine Soldiers Monument Committee got exactly the statue they ordered in late 1905 from the Fred Barnicoat company in Quinsy, Mass. It was decided at that time to have the soldier dressed the current US Army uniform. Fighting from the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and China Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)1898 - 1902 had only just ceased. So, the committee named York's monument "The Soldier's Monument" and dressed the soldier in Spanish American War attire. A letter from the US Army Quartermaster Museum Ft Lee VA. states that "...the soldier on the monument is dressed in Spanish-American (SPAN-AM) war veteran Canvas leggings with bloused trousers, five button shirt-coat, SPAN-AM campaign hat and SPAN-AM bed roll. The current uniform from last US war."<br /><br />The town of Littleton, New Hampshire has the exact same monument which means York's and Littleton's monuments was part of Fred Barnicoat's catalog of granite monuments and not custom made. I suspect there are many more like it around the country. It was carved from Quinsy, Massachusetts and Westerly Rhode Island Granite.<br /><br />All of this information was gleaned from historic records held in the Old York Historic library. I want all of you good folks south of us to know that the same kinds of incorrect information has been part of the history of York's Soldier's Monument for literally generations and those old tales are a bear to get rid of. I hope this helps clear up at least part of Kingtree's monument mystery. <br /><br />Hope this helps and thank you for your service.<br /><br />Michael DowBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-28880303772673955042014-02-07T15:56:33.482-05:002014-02-07T15:56:33.482-05:00Sure looks like a a Confederate soldier at the top...Sure looks like a a Confederate soldier at the top.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-195770845440902732014-02-07T15:54:53.426-05:002014-02-07T15:54:53.426-05:00You don't suppose we left any up there???You don't suppose we left any up there???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-24084891858847422332014-02-07T00:57:08.162-05:002014-02-07T00:57:08.162-05:00Better trade. They might hang ours. :)Better trade. They might hang ours. :)Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-64513459343781768482014-02-07T00:47:37.281-05:002014-02-07T00:47:37.281-05:00Hang him!Hang him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com