liberty patriot liberty patriot called freedom patriot bronze sculpture rhode_island commemorating participation city citizens american civil war designed cast unlike civil war memorials patriot dynamic composition depicting young farmer setting aside reaching sword classical female figure clad wielding pike statue feet height mounted granite base feet high feet wide sculpture listed national_register_of_historic_places history design sculpture commissioned rhode_island honor served american civil war funding sculpture came result year fundraising campaign provided donations entertainment events cost monument stated new_york_times report stated chosen sculptor execute construction monument winning competition sculpture cast central feature monument depicts theme young man called civil life serve nation time need transforms theme contemporary captures decisive moment farmer caught mid transition left hand handle taking sword right hand liberty details farmer includes realistic work clothes shirt rolled work trousers boots liberty identified cap stands farmer classical robes face sword farmer left hand right hand holds pike beneath farmer liberty bronze plaque depicting union artillery battery command general capturing bridge battle flanked sides smaller triangular plaques depict female figures history alternatively known epic poetry writing tablet identified monument dedicated ceremony conducted republic given governor rhode_island statue feet height mounted granite base feet high feet wide according national_register_of_historic_places liberty patriot historically significant good representative character early twentieth century sculpture quality design historically significant association prominent rhode_island producer high quality bronze commemorative intention statue important documents principal effort honor served civil war sculpture added national_register_of_historic_places inscription grateful recognition vicinity join forces united states civil war especially memory suffered died service rhode_island consecrated memorial
Liberty Arming the Patriot