Tribute to Boston Police Officers 2005
Robert Shure, Sculptor Bronze / Stone
After a decade of planning, the Boston Police Department’s legacy of more than 150 years the oldest police department in the USA was finally immortalized. Since 1854, from the first watchmen to today’s Boston’s Police Force, Boston Police Officers have given their lives in the line of duty. The unveiling of this memorial, a Boston Landmark, was completed and dedicated with Police Commissioner Kathleen M. O’Toole, Mayor Menino, 500 residents, and Rita Gallagher, 76, of South Boston. Rita’s husband, John, was shot dead at 33 years of age, in the line of duty.
“This is beautiful,” she later told Bob Shure of Skylight Studios in Woburn, who created the memorial. “I just hadto say that to you.” The idea, the planning, the fund raising and the hard work to complete this police memorial for the oldest and finest police force in the country was accomplished by Capt. Bob Flaherty commander of the 4th District of the South End. The memorial was funded by officers, civilian employees and private grants that took over 10 years and $500,000 to complete.
A BostonMonument Guidebook,"Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us" can be purchased on Amazon.com, Old North Church Gift Shop, Faneuil Hall Book Store and Barnes & Noble Book Stores.
Robert Shure, Sculptor Bronze / Stone
With all the shootings of citizens and police officers in Ferguson, Missouri; Baltimore, Maryland; and New York, New York let us remember our good law enforcement officers who protect and save lives every day for all of us.
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| Tribute to Boston Police Officers Monument |
After a decade of planning, the Boston Police Department’s legacy of more than 150 years the oldest police department in the USA was finally immortalized. Since 1854, from the first watchmen to today’s Boston’s Police Force, Boston Police Officers have given their lives in the line of duty. The unveiling of this memorial, a Boston Landmark, was completed and dedicated with Police Commissioner Kathleen M. O’Toole, Mayor Menino, 500 residents, and Rita Gallagher, 76, of South Boston. Rita’s husband, John, was shot dead at 33 years of age, in the line of duty.
“This is beautiful,” she later told Bob Shure of Skylight Studios in Woburn, who created the memorial. “I just hadto say that to you.” The idea, the planning, the fund raising and the hard work to complete this police memorial for the oldest and finest police force in the country was accomplished by Capt. Bob Flaherty commander of the 4th District of the South End. The memorial was funded by officers, civilian employees and private grants that took over 10 years and $500,000 to complete.
A BostonMonument Guidebook,"Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us" can be purchased on Amazon.com, Old North Church Gift Shop, Faneuil Hall Book Store and Barnes & Noble Book Stores.
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