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-71.80000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Institutional_District" title="Institutional District">Institutional District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Chester_French" title="Daniel Chester French">Daniel Chester French</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Edward_Clark_Potter" title="Edward Clark Potter">Edward Clark Potter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Andrews" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert D. Andrews">Robert D. Andrews</a> (pedestal)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Builder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company" title="Gorham Manufacturing Company">Gorham Manufacturing Company</a><br />George D. Webb Granite and Construction Co. (pedestal)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jno._Williams,_Inc." title="Jno. Williams, Inc.">Jno. Williams, Inc.</a> (plaque and lettering)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue" title="Equestrian statue">Equestrian statue</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Material</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">Bronze</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">Granite</a> (pedestal)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">9.7 feet (3.0 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">40.8 feet (12.4 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Beginning date</th><td class="infobox-data">1902<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019321_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019321-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completion date</th><td class="infobox-data">1906<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019321_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019321-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedicated date</th><td class="infobox-data">July 4, 1906</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedicated to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Devens" title="Charles Devens">Charles Devens</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>equestrian statue of Charles Devens</b> (also known as the <b>Worcester County Devens Memorial Statue</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a public <a href="/wiki/Monument" title="Monument">monument</a> in <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Located in front of the old <a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester County</a> <a href="/wiki/Worcester_County_Courthouse" title="Worcester County Courthouse">Courthouse</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Institutional_District" title="Institutional District">Institutional District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue" title="Equestrian statue">equestrian statue</a> honors <a href="/wiki/Charles_Devens" title="Charles Devens">Charles Devens</a>, who served as a <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> and later served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">United States Attorney General</a>. The statue was designed by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Chester_French" title="Daniel Chester French">Daniel Chester French</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Clark_Potter" title="Edward Clark Potter">Edward Clark Potter</a> and was dedicated on <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">July 4</a>, 1906. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_statue_of_Charles_Devens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_statue_of_Charles_Devens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hon._Charles_Devens_of_Mass._Atty_Gen._Hayes_Cabinet.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Hon._Charles_Devens_of_Mass._Atty_Gen._Hayes_Cabinet.png/220px-Hon._Charles_Devens_of_Mass._Atty_Gen._Hayes_Cabinet.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Hon._Charles_Devens_of_Mass._Atty_Gen._Hayes_Cabinet.png/330px-Hon._Charles_Devens_of_Mass._Atty_Gen._Hayes_Cabinet.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Hon._Charles_Devens_of_Mass._Atty_Gen._Hayes_Cabinet.png/440px-Hon._Charles_Devens_of_Mass._Atty_Gen._Hayes_Cabinet.png 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charles_Devens" title="Charles Devens">Charles Devens</a></figcaption></figure><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Devens" title="Charles Devens">Charles Devens</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Boston" title="Charlestown, Boston">Charlestown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> on April 4, 1820. In his youth, he attended the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Latin_School" title="Boston Latin School">Boston Latin School</a>. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a> in 1838 and received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a> in 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENutt19194_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENutt19194-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began <a href="/wiki/Practicing_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Practicing Law">practicing law</a> in 1841.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUnited_States_Department_of_Justice2017_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUnited_States_Department_of_Justice2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devens became involved in politics shortly thereafter, serving as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Massachusetts" title="Franklin County, Massachusetts">Franklin County</a> between 1848 and 1849,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and between 1849 and 1853, he served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="United States marshal">United States marshal</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Massachusetts" title="United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts">United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, Devens served in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> of a rifle <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> and later as <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/15th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment" title="15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment">15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment</a>. By the end of the war, Devens had reached the rank of <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> and had been wounded at both the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fair_Oaks" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Fair Oaks">Battle of Fair Oaks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville">Battle of Chancellorsville</a>. He resumed his law career following the war and in 1873 became an <a href="/wiki/Associate_justice" title="Associate justice">associate justice</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a>. In 1877, he was appointed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">United States Attorney General</a> by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Rutherford B. Hayes</a>, a position he would hold until 1881. Devens would later die in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> on January 7, 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUnited_States_Department_of_Justice2017_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUnited_States_Department_of_Justice2017-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation">Creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_statue_of_Charles_Devens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Efforts towards the erection of a <a href="/wiki/Monument" title="Monument">monument</a> honoring Devens began in late 1891 when <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Frisbie_Hoar" class="mw-redirect" title="George Frisbie Hoar">George Frisbie Hoar</a> of Massachusetts sent requests to many prominent citizens from Worcester with the following letter on November 9:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Dear Sir: You are respectfully invited to attend a meeting to take measures for erecting in Worcester a monument and statue to Gen. Devens to be held at the Worcester Club House on Elm Street, Friday, Nov. 13th, at half-past seven o'clock P. M.</p></blockquote> <p>At the meeting, a committee of 35 men was formed for the purposes of <a href="/wiki/Fundraising" title="Fundraising">raising funds</a> for the monument, and a <a href="/wiki/Flyer_(pamphlet)" title="Flyer (pamphlet)">circular</a> discussing the monument and its projected cost of $15,000 was prepared.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no further action was taken by the committee, and the project languished for about a decade. The idea for a monument was revived in fall 1901 during a meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Veterans%27_organization" title="Veterans' organization">veterans' organization</a> for the 15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2019162_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2019162-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A committee was formed by the organization, and in March 1902, a general committee consisting of many prominent citizens from the area was formed. Notable members included Hoar, <a href="/wiki/Rufus_B._Dodge_Jr." title="Rufus B. Dodge Jr.">Rufus B. Dodge Jr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_and_city_managers_of_Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts">mayor of Worcester</a>), <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Corwin_Mendenhall" title="Thomas Corwin Mendenhall">Thomas Corwin Mendenhall</a> (president of the <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Worcester Polytechnic Institute">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</a>), <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Merriman" title="Daniel Merriman">Daniel Merriman</a> (president of the <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Art_Museum" title="Worcester Art Museum">Worcester Art Museum</a>), and multiple members of the veterans' organization, among others. On April 4, 1902, the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts General Court</a> granted an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Incorporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Incorporation">act of incorporation</a> on the "Worcester County Memorial Devens' Statue Commission".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:242px;max-width:242px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:113px;max-width:113px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:169px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Daniel_Chester_French_1902.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Daniel_Chester_French_1902.jpg/111px-Daniel_Chester_French_1902.jpg" decoding="async" width="111" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Daniel_Chester_French_1902.jpg/167px-Daniel_Chester_French_1902.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Daniel_Chester_French_1902.jpg/222px-Daniel_Chester_French_1902.jpg 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="1491" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Chester_French" title="Daniel Chester French">Daniel Chester French</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:125px;max-width:125px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:169px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Clark_Potter,1899.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Edward_Clark_Potter%2C1899.jpg/123px-Edward_Clark_Potter%2C1899.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Edward_Clark_Potter%2C1899.jpg/185px-Edward_Clark_Potter%2C1899.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Edward_Clark_Potter%2C1899.jpg/246px-Edward_Clark_Potter%2C1899.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="345" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Clark_Potter" title="Edward Clark Potter">Edward Clark Potter</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Following this, the commission began to raise <a href="/wiki/Public_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Public funds">public funds</a> for the monument. The city of Worcester appropriated $7,500, while $5,000 was appropriated by <a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester County, Massachusetts">Worcester County</a>, with roughly $4,000 in additional funding appropriated by several other <a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">towns</a> in the county. On July 12, 1902, the commission voted to hire the sculptors <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Chester_French" title="Daniel Chester French">Daniel Chester French</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Clark_Potter" title="Edward Clark Potter">Edward Clark Potter</a> to design an <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue" title="Equestrian statue">equestrian statue</a> of Devens, at a cost of no more than $30,000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French and Potter had collaborated on several equestrian statues before this, and as with their previous collaborations, French was responsible for the human part of the statue, while Potter was responsible for the horse.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019195_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019195-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 27, 1903, the sculptors submitted a model of the proposed statue, which was accepted by the commission. Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">architect</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Andrews" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert D. Andrews">Robert D. Andrews</a> from Boston was hired to design the <a href="/wiki/Pedestal" title="Pedestal">pedestal</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Statue" title="Statue">statue</a>. The George D. Webb Granite and Construction Co. was contracted to create the pedestal, while <a href="/wiki/Jno._Williams,_Inc." title="Jno. Williams, Inc.">Jno. Williams, Inc.</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Foundry" title="Foundry">foundry</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, was responsible for the creation of tablets and letterings that would be fixed to the pedestal. On October 17, 1903, the commission accepted the final design of the statue by French and Potter, and subsequently, the model was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Gorham_Manufacturing_Company" title="Gorham Manufacturing Company">Gorham Manufacturing Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a> for <a href="/wiki/Casting" title="Casting">casting</a>. Senator Hoar had managed to get several condemned <a href="/wiki/Cannons" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannons">cannons</a> to be appropriated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> to be used in the casting, with a total value of approximately $2,000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dedication">Dedication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_statue_of_Charles_Devens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dedication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dedication_of_the_equestrian_statue_of_Major-General_Charles_Devens_and_of_the_monument_to_the_soldiers_of_Worcester_County_in_the_war_for_the_union,_July_4th,_1906_(1907)_(14583868379).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Dedication_of_the_equestrian_statue_of_Major-General_Charles_Devens_and_of_the_monument_to_the_soldiers_of_Worcester_County_in_the_war_for_the_union%2C_July_4th%2C_1906_%281907%29_%2814583868379%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Dedication_of_the_equestrian_statue_of_Major-General_Charles_Devens_and_of_the_monument_to_the_soldiers_of_Worcester_County_in_the_war_for_the_union%2C_July_4th%2C_1906_%281907%29_%2814583868379%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Dedication_of_the_equestrian_statue_of_Major-General_Charles_Devens_and_of_the_monument_to_the_soldiers_of_Worcester_County_in_the_war_for_the_union%2C_July_4th%2C_1906_%281907%29_%2814583868379%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1552" /></a><figcaption>Dedication ceremony</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 1905, work on the monument was nearing completion, and the commission assembled a committee to plan the statue's <a href="/wiki/Opening_ceremony" title="Opening ceremony">dedication</a>. The committee petitioned the city council of Worcester for permission to place the monument on <a href="/wiki/Public_land" title="Public land">public land</a> in front of the Worcester County <a href="/wiki/Court_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Court House">Court House</a>, which was granted. The unveiling ceremony took place on July 4, 1906 (<a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a>) in front of the courthouse, with approximately 250 <a href="/wiki/List_of_militia_units_of_Massachusetts" title="List of militia units of Massachusetts">militia</a> members and over 1,000 Civil War veterans in attendance. A <a href="/wiki/Parade" title="Parade">parade</a> was held, with <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Governor">Massachusetts Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Guild_Jr." title="Curtis Guild Jr.">Curtis Guild Jr.</a> and Worcester mayor John T. Duggan present, during which the <a href="/wiki/Military_colours,_standards_and_guidons" title="Military colours, standards and guidons">state colors</a> of the 15th Regiment, which had been carried during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam" title="Battle of Antietam">Battle of Antietam</a>, were carried. Every <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic#State_posts" title="Grand Army of the Republic">post</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" title="Grand Army of the Republic">Grand Army of the Republic</a> was represented in the parade. Seats on the courthouse steps were set up for many of the veterans, while a speaking platform was built at the top of the steps. The parade, which followed mostly along the city's <a href="/wiki/Main_street" class="mw-redirect" title="Main street">main street</a>, ended around 10 a.m., with the veterans seated by 10:30 a.m.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Worcester_Court_House_-_LOC_4a22712a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Worcester_Court_House_-_LOC_4a22712a.jpg/220px-Worcester_Court_House_-_LOC_4a22712a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Worcester_Court_House_-_LOC_4a22712a.jpg/330px-Worcester_Court_House_-_LOC_4a22712a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Worcester_Court_House_-_LOC_4a22712a.jpg/440px-Worcester_Court_House_-_LOC_4a22712a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10144" data-file-height="8088" /></a><figcaption>The statue in front of the <a href="/wiki/Courthouse" title="Courthouse">courthouse</a>, from the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Publishing_Company" title="Detroit Publishing Company">Detroit Publishing Company</a>, c. 1908</figcaption></figure> <p>The speakers assembled at the top of the steps included Governor Guild, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts">Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Eben_Sumner_Draper" title="Eben Sumner Draper">Eben Sumner Draper</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">Secretary of War</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Perrin_Knowlton" title="Marcus Perrin Knowlton">Marcus Perrin Knowlton</a> and associate justice Henry Braley of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, among others. Shortly before 11 a.m., <a href="/wiki/William_Franklin_Draper_(politician)" title="William Franklin Draper (politician)">William Franklin Draper</a> (who had become the head of the commission following Hoar's death in 1904) called the ceremony to order, with Merriman (a <a href="/wiki/Reverend" class="mw-redirect" title="Reverend">reverend</a>) giving a <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayer</a>. Following the prayer, Governor Guild gave a speech celebrating Devens and highlighting his contributions to the state, which was followed by a speech by William Draper. Afterwards, Charles Devens Osborne, a grandnephew of Devens, officially unveiled the statue. The band played "<a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">The Star-Spangled Banner</a>" amidst cheers from the crowd, and afterwards, a member of the <a href="/wiki/County_commissioners" class="mw-redirect" title="County commissioners">county commissioners</a> officially accepted the statue on behalf of the county. Afterwards, William Draper introduced <a href="/wiki/Stewart_L._Woodford" title="Stewart L. Woodford">Stewart L. Woodford</a>, a politician and former Union Army officer from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, as the <a href="/wiki/Orator" title="Orator">orator</a> for the ceremony. Following his speech, the band played "<a href="/wiki/America_(My_Country,_%27Tis_of_Thee)" class="mw-redirect" title="America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)">America</a>", and after the end of the ceremony, veterans were treated to a <a href="/wiki/Luncheon" class="mw-redirect" title="Luncheon">luncheon</a> in the city's <a href="/wiki/Arsenal" title="Arsenal">armory</a>. In total, approximately 10,000 spectators were present for the ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_statue_of_Charles_Devens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1950, during an expansion of the court house building, the statue was moved several feet,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESouthwick2015_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESouthwick2015-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and today the statue stands at the intersection of Main Street and Highland Street, still on the court house grounds,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarnes2020b_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarnes2020b-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> overlooking Lincoln Square.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarnes2020a_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarnes2020a-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, the monument was surveyed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Save_Outdoor_Sculpture!" title="Save Outdoor Sculpture!">Save Outdoor Sculpture!</a> project.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the old court house, which had been vacant since 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKotsopoulos2019_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKotsopoulos2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was sold to developers with the intent to convert the building to <a href="/wiki/Apartments" class="mw-redirect" title="Apartments">apartments</a>. As part of the sale, agreements were made regarding continued historic preservation of the property by the developers, including for the Devens statue.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECroteau2015_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECroteau2015-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2017 article in the <i><a href="/wiki/Telegram_%26_Gazette" title="Telegram & Gazette">Telegram & Gazette</a></i> discussing renovations to the building stated that the statue would remain in place in front of the courthouse.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKotsopoulos2017_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKotsopoulos2017-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_statue_of_Charles_Devens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Charles_Devens_Statue_by_Daniel_Chester_French_-_DSC05783.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/General_Charles_Devens_Statue_by_Daniel_Chester_French_-_DSC05783.jpg/250px-General_Charles_Devens_Statue_by_Daniel_Chester_French_-_DSC05783.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/General_Charles_Devens_Statue_by_Daniel_Chester_French_-_DSC05783.jpg/375px-General_Charles_Devens_Statue_by_Daniel_Chester_French_-_DSC05783.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/General_Charles_Devens_Statue_by_Daniel_Chester_French_-_DSC05783.jpg/499px-General_Charles_Devens_Statue_by_Daniel_Chester_French_-_DSC05783.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a><figcaption>View of the statue showing front and side inscriptions on the pedestal</figcaption></figure> <p>The monument consists of a bronze equestrian statue of Devens atop a rectangular granite pedestal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devens is depicted in his Civil War uniform, partially covered by a heavy coat, with his right hand holding the horse's reigns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The statue stands 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, while the pedestal is approximately 15.8 feet (4.8 m) tall.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The width of the pedestal is approximately 9.7 feet (3.0 m).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bronze tablet affixed to the rear of the pedestal bears the following inscription:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>CHARLES DEVENS / SOLDIER, ORATOR, JURIST / 1820–1891 / MAJOR, THIRD BATTALION MASS. RIFLES / APRIL, 1861 / COLONEL, FIFTEENTH REGIMENT MASS. VOL. INFANTRY / JULY, 1861 / BRIGADIER GENERAL, UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS / 1862 / BREVET MAJOR GENERAL, UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS / 1865 / ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPERIOR COURT OF MASS. / APRIL, 1867 / ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF MASS. / 1873 / ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES / 1877 / ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF MASS. / 1881–1891</p></blockquote> <p>The inscription on the front of the pedestal reads:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>TO / GENERAL DEVENS / AND THE / MEN OF WORCESTER COUNTY / IN THE <a href="/wiki/Names_of_the_American_Civil_War#War_for_the_Union" title="Names of the American Civil War">WAR FOR THE UNION</a> / 1861–1865</p></blockquote><p>Additionally, the commission specified "[t]hat on the south side of the base the several organizations known as Worcester County Regiments, Battalions and Companies be placed, and on the north side of the base the names of the several cities and towns, with the number of men furnished by each."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorcester_County_Memorial_Devens'_Statue_Commission1907-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These organizations, inscribed on the left side of the base, are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmithsonian_Institution_Research_Information_System-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS / THE FIFTEENTH TWENTY-FIRST TWENTY-FIFTH / THIRTY-FOURTH THIRTY-SIXTH FIFTY-FIRST / FIFTY THIRD AND FIFTY SEVENTH REGIMENTS / COMPANIES E F AND K IN FORTY SECOND REGIMENT / COMPANIES D E F AND H IN FOURTH REGIMENT / COMPANY F IN FIRST BATTALION HEAVY ARTILLERY / MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA / THIRD BATTALION RIFLES COMPANY B WORCESTER LIGHT / INFANTRY IN SIXTH REGIMENT TENTH UNATTACHED COMPANY.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analysis">Analysis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equestrian_statue_of_Charles_Devens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Grant_French_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/US_Grant_French_1.JPG/275px-US_Grant_French_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/US_Grant_French_1.JPG/413px-US_Grant_French_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/US_Grant_French_1.JPG/550px-US_Grant_French_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4039" data-file-height="3029" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant">Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant</a>, an earlier work by French and Potter</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Art_historian" class="mw-redirect" title="Art historian">Art historian</a> Michael Richman compared the statue to a similar <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant">equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant</a> created several years earlier by French and Potter in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, saying it was "reminiscent of the <i>Grant</i> without being imitative."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019195_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019195-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2019 work on <a href="/wiki/List_of_Union_Civil_War_monuments_and_memorials" title="List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials">Civil War memorials</a> in the United States, Thomas J. Brown stated that "[t]he decision to honor Devens as a military leader typified the recent reconfiguration of American priorities" and that while Devens "failed to achieve much battlefield success", the decision to represent him as a soldier was articulated by Hoar, who said, "whatever may be said by the philosopher, the moralist, or the preacher, the instincts of the greater portion of mankind will lead them to award the highest meed of admiration to the military character."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2019162_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2019162-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Discussing both the Devens statue and a later equestrian statue French created for William Franklin Draper, Brown argues that "[i]n French's statues of Devens and Draper, the lawyer and the industrialist blended into the army general, celebrating the extraction of obedience through compulsion."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown2019163_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown2019163-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Discussing French's works in a 2019 book, <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a> <a href="/wiki/Harold_Holzer" title="Harold Holzer">Harold Holzer</a> stated that "[b]y the time the Devens statue was dedicated in 1906, the team of French and Potter had clearly established an aesthetically pleasing and financially lucrative formula to portray Civil War 'heroes'," but that French was growing tired of the genre, pointing out that it would be six years before French created another equestrian statue of a Civil War figure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019195_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolzer2019195-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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A. Chapman Memorial">T. A. Chapman Memorial</a> (1896–1897)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Morris_Hunt_Memorial" title="Richard Morris Hunt Memorial">Richard Morris Hunt Memorial</a> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Rufus_Choate" title="Statue of Rufus Choate">Rufus Choate</a></i> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_George_H._Perkins" title="Statue of George H. Perkins">George H. 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