Statues arrive in time for centennial celebrations of Lexington
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On Sunday, the day before the one hundredth anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the statues for John Hancock and Samuel Adams arrived in Lexington via the horse team and were positioned on the Battle Green.
In 1873, the Lexington Monument Association commissioned these two statues of John Hancock and Samuel Adams for this centennial event. The Association selected American resident artists in Italy, namely Thomas R. Gould and Martin Milmore, to choose the historical figures to portray and how they wanted to portray them. Using Carrara marble, Gould sculpted Hancock’s statue, and Milmore sculpted the one for Adams. While the statues were ordered to reach the United States by January 1, 1875, they had, up until a week ago, yet to arrive. A limited number of scheduled ship arrivals before the celebration made the situation even more desperate. As luck would have it, on Saturday morning, word reached Boston that the sailing vessel J. L. Bowen had docked at Vineyard Haven with the John Hancock statue on board. By noon on Sunday, both statues had made their arrival in Lexington.
Yesterday, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and members of his Cabinet joined 50,000 people to mark the 100th anniversary. A formal dance took place in the evening at the Agricultural Hall in Concord.
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- "Battles of Lexington and Concord: 100 Years Later" — Boston Globe, April 19, 1875
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