TY  - GEN
N2  - Statue in front of the Posey County Courthouse (Main St. side) It was dedicated in 1908. "A bronze Goddess of Liberty stands holding a flag aloft in her proper right hand atop a tall stone column, with four bronze military soldiers at each corner of the base. Liberty is seen in classical dress. The granite column on which she stands is topped with a limestone Corinthian capital and has a limestone tiered base, with three columns. Mounted on each corner of the base is a Civil War soldier--an infantryman on the southwest; a sailor on the northwest; an artilleryman on the southeast; and a cavalry man on the northeast. The sculpture cost approximately $14,000. It was installed by the citizens of Posey County in memory of the soldiers and sailors of Posey County who fought during the Civil War. A six cent tax levy on personal property financed the sculpture. The project was spearheaded by Christian Dannheiser, a county resident who prompted the local Grand Army Post to take up the matter. The sculpture was designed by architect F. M. Young of Young & Lipe Company of Litchfield, Illinois. Rudolf Schwarz molded and cast the bronze figures at Schwarz Foundry. The base was fabricated and installed by the Charles G. Blake Company and cut by Marr and Gordon of Barre, Vermont. Builder Frank D. Werking put in the foundation for the sculpture. Two cannons originally stood to the north and south of the sculpture, but they were removed during World War II." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum (as found on http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMN35D_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_Posey_County_Courthouse_Square_Mt_Vernon_IN) SEE MSS 184-1770 for the top of the statue.
AB  - Statue in front of the Posey County Courthouse (Main St. side) It was dedicated in 1908. "A bronze Goddess of Liberty stands holding a flag aloft in her proper right hand atop a tall stone column, with four bronze military soldiers at each corner of the base. Liberty is seen in classical dress. The granite column on which she stands is topped with a limestone Corinthian capital and has a limestone tiered base, with three columns. Mounted on each corner of the base is a Civil War soldier--an infantryman on the southwest; a sailor on the northwest; an artilleryman on the southeast; and a cavalry man on the northeast. The sculpture cost approximately $14,000. It was installed by the citizens of Posey County in memory of the soldiers and sailors of Posey County who fought during the Civil War. A six cent tax levy on personal property financed the sculpture. The project was spearheaded by Christian Dannheiser, a county resident who prompted the local Grand Army Post to take up the matter. The sculpture was designed by architect F. M. Young of Young & Lipe Company of Litchfield, Illinois. Rudolf Schwarz molded and cast the bronze figures at Schwarz Foundry. The base was fabricated and installed by the Charles G. Blake Company and cut by Marr and Gordon of Barre, Vermont. Builder Frank D. Werking put in the foundation for the sculpture. Two cannons originally stood to the north and south of the sculpture, but they were removed during World War II." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum (as found on http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMN35D_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_Posey_County_Courthouse_Square_Mt_Vernon_IN) SEE MSS 184-1770 for the top of the statue.
T1  - Posey County Courthouse statue in Mt. Vernon, Indiana
DA  - n.d.
AU  - Brad Awe
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1514814/files/26241.jpg
PB  - University of Southern Indiana
LA  - eng
PY  - n.d.
ID  - 1514814
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1514814/files/26241.jpg
KW  - People
TI  - Posey County Courthouse statue in Mt. Vernon, Indiana
Y1  - n.d.
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1514814/files/26241.jpg
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1514814/files/26241.jpg
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1514814/files/26241.jpg
ER  -