Mourning Victory
Photographic silhouette of the original
clay model (reversed)
by Daniel Chester French.
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“Comrade Melvin has erected a grand and glorious memorial for his brothers. It stands there as a monument denoting the sacrifices that were made by those boys. As the rising generation shall look upon it they will admire their valor, and as the coming generations shall come upon the stage of action and shall see it, while they may have tinge of sadness in their hearts they will be glad that men dared to do and to die and to stand the brunt of battle.”
George H. Lewis, Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts
Member of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Company F
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