Pittsfield in Berkshire County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
Photographed By Michael Herrick, July 2, 2015
1. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Pittsfield Veterans Memorial. .
1917 1918 A Tribute To The Loyalty And Sacrifices Of Her Sons And Daughters Who Gloriously Defended The Liberties Won By Their Fathers Erected By The City Of Pittsfield 1926. (round plaque)
Pittsfield Veterans Memorial Fidelis Ad Mortem Supra “Faithful Unto Death and Beyond” The Sculptor. Henry Augustus Lukeman (1871-1935) was an American sculptor, specializing in historical monuments. He was born in Richmond, VA, and studied under Daniel Chester French in New York, and at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. His works include Stone Mountain in Georgia, and locally, the McKinley statue in Adams, Martin.
The Park and Monument. In 1923, the City of Pittsfield established this site as Memorial Park and commissioned the construction of a war memorial. On July 8, 1926 this Soldiers’ ans Sailors’ Memorial was dedicated as the Peace Memorial in tribute to Pittsfield’s sons and daughters who served in World War I. On May 31, 2010 this memorial was rededicated following extensive restoration. It continues to stand as a symbolic shrine for all Veterans who have served so gallantly defending their country in the past, present and future. (beneath the round plaque)
Fidelis Ad Mortem Supra . (left plaques)
World War I Thousand Years Of Peace.
World War II Carried The Banner Of Our Country Across Oceans And Beaches. (right plaques)
Korea Preserve The Peace That We All Shoud Enjoy.
Viet Nam Veterans Were History’s Gift To A Grateful Nation.
1917 1918
A Tribute To The Loyalty
And Sacrifices Of Her Sons
And Daughters Who Gloriously
Defended The Liberties Won
By Their Fathers
Erected By The
City Of Pittsfield
1926
(round plaque)
Pittsfield Veterans
Memorial
Fidelis Ad Mortem Supra
“Faithful Unto Death and Beyond”
The Sculptor
Henry Augustus Lukeman (1871-1935) was an American sculptor, specializing in historical monuments. He was born in Richmond, VA, and studied under Daniel Chester French in New York, and at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. His works include Stone Mountain in Georgia, and locally, the McKinley statue in Adams, Martin.
The Park and Monument
In 1923, the City of Pittsfield established this site as Memorial Park and commissioned the construction of a war memorial. On July 8, 1926 this Soldiers’ ans Sailors’ Memorial was dedicated as the Peace Memorial in tribute to Pittsfield’s sons and daughters who served in World War I. On May 31, 2010 this memorial was rededicated following extensive restoration. It continues to stand as a symbolic shrine for all Veterans who have served so gallantly defending their country in the past, present and future.
(beneath the round plaque)
Fidelis Ad Mortem Supra
(left
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plaques)
World War I
Thousand Years
Of Peace
World War II
Carried The Banner Of
Our Country Across
Oceans And Beaches
(right plaques)
Korea
Preserve The Peace That
We All Shoud Enjoy
Viet Nam
Veterans Were History’s
Gift To A Grateful Nation
Location. 42° 26.417′ N, 73° 15.367′ W. Marker is in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in Berkshire County. Memorial is at the intersection of Veterans Way and Colt Road, on the left when traveling south on Veterans Way. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pittsfield MA 01201, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial - Architect of Record was George Bridges Howe
George Bridges Howe was an MIT trained Massachusetts architect and engineer and assisted in the design of the Pittsfield WW1 Memorial. He also coordinated with the sculptor on several of the artist's other memorial works. The photo is of an article from The North Adams Transcript, July 9, 1926, Page 5, a day after the memorial's dedication ceremony.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, July 2, 2015
4. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
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5. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
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6. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
(left plaques)
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7. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
(right plaques)
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8. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
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9. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
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10. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
Sculptor’s Mark
Augustus Lukeman 1925
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11. Pittsfield Veterans Memorial
Foundry Mark
Cast By. Roman Bronze Works N.Y.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 668 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. 3. submitted on December 24, 2023, by Bill Gregory of Thousand Oaks, California. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on July 15, 2015, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.