Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us: The Soldiers and Sailors Monument revisited.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument revisited.

Photo by Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff

The Soldiers and Sailors monument on Flagstaff Hill Boston Common has finally been complete once again since its creation in 1877 commemorating the service men and women fallen in our American Civil War.

The four ten foot bronze statues representing the Army, Navy, History and Peace are once again united to Martin Millmores' master piece on Boston Common. A mammoth $132,500 to restore this work of art and histoy negated the vandalism set upon this Boston bronze and stone decades ago. Boston has once again shown its strength and love for its' bronze and stones ( based on Jacqueline Tempera May 30, 2014 Globe article).

Boston is America, America is Boston.

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About The Author

Joseph R. Gallo Jr. is not a historian nor a sculptor. He is a student and great appreciator of both academic fields. Trained as an educator and being an entrepreneur, he felt a need to reach out to the thousands of visitors who come to our historical city teaching them through this guidebook the purpose and reason why such beautiful works of art embellish our fair City of Boston. Compiling updated photos and historical text for the resurrection of a much needed simple-to-use guidebook Boston Bronze and Stone Speaks To Us was time consuming, but fulfilling. The purpose and meaning of these monuments is made more lucid with the structuring of this new book.

About the Book

Boston Bronze & Stone Speak To Us is a unique and beautiful book that combines art, history, and walking guides for the public sculpture found in eighteen Boston locales. Written by Joseph R. Gallo, Jr., who states that he is not an historian but a lover of the City of Boston, the book combines his original photographs and observations with well-referenced sources and maps for a complete experience of enjoying Boston sculpture. With hundreds of full-color photographs in all, each chapter offers a map of that area with stars and page numbers marking each work discussed. The chapters include the Boston Common, the State House inside and out, Beacon Hill and Louisburg Square, the Boston Public Gardens, the Esplanade and Hatch Shell, the Fenway, Chinatown and the Theater District, Copley Square, Park Square, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, School Street and the Old City hall, King's Chapel, Downtown and the Financial District, Government Center, Quincy Marketplace and Faneuil Hall, the North End, and the Waterfront. The book also includes and Index of Monuments and an Index of the Sculptors. Boston is home to some of the most extraordinary public art in North America. Sculptors of public art include Daniel Chester French, Katherine Lane Weems, August Saint-Gaudens and George Aarons. This lovingly produced book introduces readers to the artists, the subjects of their work, and the accessibility of exceptional art all within the city of Boston.