Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1887 — GENERAL MEADE IN BRONZE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GENERAL MEADE IN BRONZE.

A Philadelphia dispatch of Wednesday says that— In the presence of a large concourse of people, among whom were numbered many of Philadelphia’s most prominent citizens and distinguished public men of the State and nation, the bronze equestrian statue of General George Gordon Meade, erected in lairmount Park, was unveiled with appropriate pomp and ceremony. A grand military parade, which proved one of the most imposing demonstrations of the kind ever given in this city, formed at

Broad and Spring Garden streets and marched to the monument in the park where the unveiling ceremonies took place. The memorial, which takes the shape of a bronze equestrian statue, is the work of the sculptor Calder. It is of heroic size, and is mounted on a pedestal of rough granite, about twenty feet in height. The statue represents General Meade reining in his horse sharply on the slope of a hill, while, hat in hand, he is returning a salute. The design is a spirited one, and the likeness is striking.

STATUE OF GEN. MEADE.