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Jacksonville was a center of the Abolitionist movement, apparently, and it is reflected in its Civil War Memorial. There are a lot of names listed on its base for a relatively small town.
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At the top is the allegorical figure of Columbia, sculpted by Leonard Crunelle and obviously cast in bronze.
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The inscription on the monument, dedicated in 1920, makes no historical ambiguity about the purpose of the Civil War, pointedly stating that it was in fact a war to abolish slavery. This shows the influence of the New England pedigree of many of the original founders of the town.
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Somebody has been studying his Michelangelo! Just Google “Sistine Ceiling Ignudi” and you’ll see what I mean.
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On the other side, there is a mother and child, showing the sacrifice of women during the Civil War.
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