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Leeds Peace Monument

Address: N Rd
Vicinity: Monument Hill, N of Austin Rd

Type: Obelisk

Travel Genus: Sight
Sight Category: Object

The Leeds Peace Monument on Monument Hill in Leeds, Maine, is a granite obelisk erected in 1895 to honor the fallen soldiers and sailors from Leeds who served in the American Civil War. It stands on the highest point in town and is one of Maine's most distinctive Civil War memorials. The monument is notable because it emphasizes peace, not victory and because it was privately funded by three prominent Howard brothers - Major General Oliver Otis Howard, Brigadier General Charles H Howard and Rev Roland Bailey Howard - distinguished natives of Leeds. - AsNotedIn

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
1890/06/19	Rev Rowland B Howard	Benefactor	Rev R B Howard presents a flag and the Howard Brother's proposal of a flag stand, park and granite obelisk in memory of the 161 soldiers and sailors who served from Leeds, Maine.
1894/00/00			Rev Rowland B Howard's brothers - Oliver O Howard and Charles H Howard - fund and oversee the design and construction of a 30 foot granite obelisk on the summit of Monument Hill, the highest point in Leeds, 1894-1895.
1895/00/00	D F Lothrop	Benefactor	I T Boothby and D F Lothrop donate a lot in Leeds for Rev Rowland B Howard's Peace Monument.
1895/11/00	Oliver Otis Howard	Benefactor	The Peace Monument, a 30 feet tall granite obelisk, is erected on Monument Hill in Leeds, Maine. The inscription reads "PEACE WAS SURE 1865".

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1890/06/19

Rev Rowland B Howard

Benefactor

Rev R B Howard presents a flag and the Howard Brother's proposal of a flag stand, park and granite obelisk in memory of the 161 soldiers and sailors who served from Leeds, Maine.

1894/00/00

Rev Rowland B Howard's brothers - Oliver O Howard and Charles H Howard - fund and oversee the design and construction of a 30 foot granite obelisk on the summit of Monument Hill, the highest point in Leeds, 1894-1895.

1895/00/00

D F Lothrop

Benefactor

I T Boothby and D F Lothrop donate a lot in Leeds for Rev Rowland B Howard's Peace Monument.

1895/11/00

Oliver Otis Howard

Benefactor

The Peace Monument, a 30 feet tall granite obelisk, is erected on Monument Hill in Leeds, Maine. The inscription reads "PEACE WAS SURE 1865".