Item 100407 - Civil War soldier's monument, Rumford Center, 1921
- Item 100407 - Civil War soldier's monument, Rumford Center, 1921
- Contributed by Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
- Item 100407
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Image Info The GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Joseph E. Colby Post 41 built the Civil War soldier's monument in Rumford, to honor the area's war veterans.
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Thomas Burgess and Grace Coffin donated the land, and the GAR post contributed funds from an insurance payout after their building was destroyed in a fire. Four surviving veterans, Rufus Farnum, Benjamin Franklin Virgin, Cyrus Howard, and Joseph A. Penley, raised additional money by going door-to-door, asking for donations.
On Memorial Day in 1921, the monument was dedicated to "Defenders of the Nation, Rumford, Andover, Hanover, Mexico, 1861-1865."
