Category:Soldiers and Sailors Monument (New London, Connecticut)

English: Soldiers and Sailors Monument, located on Parade Plaza near the corner of State and Water Streets in New London, Connecticut, is a 50-foot Westerly granite obelisk topped by a female figure representing Peace standing on a sphere, holding a palm leaf in her hands. [Note: The source says that she has a dove on her head, but this is not the case; seagulls are known to sit there.] It is dedicated to the soldiers and sailors from New London who fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, and was dedicated on May 6, 1896. It was paid for by Sebastian Lawrence, the son of whaling agent Joseph Lawrence who, as Giuseppe Lorenzo, immigrated from Italy, and who was president of the National Whaling Bank.

The north side of the monument features a depiction of a soldier, and lists battles from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars: Gettysburg, Port Hudson, Fredericksburg, Antietam, Groton and Bunker Hill. The figure on the south side is a salor, standing over the inscription "Don't give up the ship", and lists battleships from the three wars: the Kearsarge, the Hartford, the Chesapeake, the Constitution and the Trumbull. The monument was given "In memory of New London’s soldiers and sailors who fought in defence of their country. Erected on the site of her first fort, fortified 1691, dismantled 1777.” The monument's dedication corresponded with the 250th anniversary of the founding of New London. (Description source: The Day article)