POSTERITY, AN EMBLEM
OF LOYALTY TO THE
FLAG OF THEIR COUNTRY."

On the east face:

"WITH GRATEFUL RECOGNITION
OF THE SERVICES OF ALL
HER SONS WHO UPHELD THE
HONOR AND INTEGRITY OF
OUR BELOVED COUNTRY IN
HER HOUR OF PERIL, THE
TOWN OF PITTSFIELD ERECTS
THIS MONUMENT IN LOVING
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED
THAT THE NATION MIGHT
LIVE."

At the dedication the national flags of the two political parties were
removed from the streets and with them the statue was draped. The town
was crowded with visitors, and a long procession marched through the
streets. A prayer by Rev. Dr. Todd, speeches by General Bartlett and
Honorable Thomas Colt, President of the day, and an oration by George
William Curtis accompanied the unveiling.

The four principal streets of the town, named from the points of the
compass, meet at the Park. North street contains the bulk of the stores
and business places. On the corner of West street is the building of the
Berkshire Life Insurance Company, which was incorporated in 1851, and
has always included among its Directors and Managers the best business