Record 674/784 Catalog Record The Postcard Collection Exhibit Page Home Search Image 1 of 2 Description  Colored postcard of Buckminster Square and Soldier's Monument. The Hugh C. Leighton Manufacturers, Portland, ME This minuteman statue was dedicated June 17, 1905. The figure portrayed is a blacksmith (the minuteman statue in Concord depicts a farmer). Sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson died during the work and his wife, Alice, finished it. In photo, the statue faces south; later it was turned to face concord. The town water tower on Normal Hill is in background of photo.

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