County
Penobscot
Zip Code
04401
Type
Statue
Additional Type
Memorial Park
Additional Type
Plaque
Maker/Sculptor
Charles E. Tefft
Date Erected
1939
Date Dedicated
1939
Inscriptions
DEDICATED TO ALL
WHO HAVE MADE
THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE FOR
THEIR COUNTRY
If - ye - break - faith
with - us - who - die
We - shall - not - sleep
SPONSORED BY AND ERECTED
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF
NORMAN N. DOW POST
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE GENEROSITY OF
THE CITIZENS OF
BANGOR
1939
Materials
Bronze and Granite.
Sponsor
Norman N. Dow VFW Post
Monument Description
This is a bronze statue of Lady Victory, holding aloft two lit torches. It was erected in 1939 and dedicated to the soldiers who fought in World War I.
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Recommended Citation
"Bangor, Maine: Lady Victory War Memorial" (2016). Penobscot. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/penobscot/1
Photographer
Libby Bischof
Date Taken
2016
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Comments
Tefft, the Sculptor, was from Brewer, Maine, and is most famous for his state of Hannibal Hamlin in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.