Pacific Coast Garrison Monument

The Pacific Coast Garrison Monument was erected 1897. Dedicated to the dead of the Regular Army and Navy Union, the monument is a cast zinc (sometimes called white bronze) statue of a Union color bearer manufactured by the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Statues of this type were sold through catalogues in the late nineteenth century and appear as monuments across the nation. The foundation was fabricated from units of granite separated by mortar joints; the cast zinc base and statue were originally left uncoated so that it would oxidize and resemble grey stone.

The artist is unknown.

The plaque reads:  Dedicated to the regular Army and Navy of the United States of America by The Pacific Coast Garrisons. Memorial Day 1897.

The rear of the monument courtesy of the Library of Congress