1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia

1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia
Year 1911
Type Bronze
Dimensions 210 cm × 140 cm × 120 cm (84 in × 54 in × 48 in)
Location Philadelphia
Coordinates 39°56′59″N 75°09′52″W / 39.949800°N 75.164400°W / 39.949800; -75.164400
Owner City of Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Commission

1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia, also known as the Spirit of '61, is a bronze statue by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown installed in Philadelphia at the Union League Club, 140 South Broad Street, Center City – adjacent to John Wilson's sculpture Washington Grays Monument.[1][2][3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ "1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia" (sculpture), Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture (retrieved October 23, 2011)
  2. ↑ "Spirit of '61," Christopher William Purdom (webmsaster), Philadelphia Public Art philart.net
  3. ↑ History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, compiled by Edwin North Benson (1840–1932), Richard Dale Benson (1841–1920), Theodore Edward Wiedersheim (1846–1916), Wm. H. Dole & Co's. Printing House (William Henry Dole, Sr.; 1848–1930) (1880); OCLC 866447194
  4. ↑ History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania (Gray Reserves) 1861–1911, by James William Latta (1839–1922), Mag. Gen. National Guard of Pennsylvania, Retired, J. B. Lippincott & Co. (1912); OCLC 866445135


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