The Black Granite Greendale War Memorial Eagle Keeps a Vigilant Eye on the Neighborhood From His Perch Just Off West Boylston Street in Worcester, Massachusetts (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on September 14, 2014)
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Greendale War Memorial, Worcester, MA
Posted: March 23, 2023 in Birds, Eagles, Monuments, Sculptures, Statuary, Stone Carvings, War MemorialsTags: Greendale War Memorial, Worcester MA
New Hampshire Marine Memorial, Hampton Beach, NH
Posted: January 10, 2023 in Monuments, Sculptures, Statuary, Stone Carvings, War MemorialsTags: Hampton Beach, Lady of the Sea, New Hampshire Marine Memorial
The New Hampshire Marine Memorial (Also Known as “The Lady of the Sea”) Dedicated in 1957 to All New Hampshire Servicemen Lost or Buried at Sea During World War Two, Depicts a Woman Kneeling and Clutching a Laurel Wreath as She Stares Mournfully Out Toward the Ocean (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on September 12, 2015)
Worcester World War Memorial, Worcester, MA
Posted: July 4, 2022 in Ancient Gods and Deities, Greek Gods, Monuments, Mythological Figures, Relief Sculpture, Sculptures, Soldiers, Stone Carvings, War MemorialsTags: Greek God of War Ares, Lincoln Square Worcester MA, Worcester World War Memorial
An Ancient Warrior Flying Into Battle With Sword and Shield (Perhaps a Depiction of Ares the Greek God of War) Sculpted in Bas-Relief on the Left Side of the Worcester World War Memorial at Lincoln Square in Worcester, Massachusetts (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on April 29, 2016)
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
Posted: April 28, 2022 in Cemeteries, Lions, Monuments, Mythological Creatures, Sculptures, Sphinxes, Statuary, Stone Carvings, War MemorialsTags: Cambridge MA, Mount Auburn Cemetery
This Tremendous Stone Sphinx (a Mythological Creature With the Body of a Lion and the Head of a Human) Which Serves as a Memorial to Those Who Died in the American Civil War Can Be Found at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on July 24, 2017)