Hartford’s Spanish-American War veterans are honored with an allegorical monument in the city’s Bushnell Park. The Spirit of Victory monument, near the intersection of Elm and Trinity streets, features a winged figure standing atop the bow of a ship with an eagle figurehead that we assume represents the United States. Victory stands with a torch […]
A Bushnell Park archway with two towers and a life-sized frieze honors Hartford’s Civil War veterans. The 1886 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch features two medieval towers alongside an archway that spans Trinity Street. A dedication on the east tower (the right tower as you stand with your back to the Capitol building) reads, “In […]
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A 13-inch mortar used in the Civil War was mounted on the grounds of the state capitol in 1902. The mortar, nicknamed the “Petersburg Express” and “the Dictator,” was used in the siege of Petersburg (Va.), a series of trench-fighting skirmishes near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864 and 1865. The monument was erected in 1902 […]
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