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Northshore June July 2020

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NORTHSHOREMAG.COM 32 JUNE + JULY 2020 FAC E S + P L AC E S A flight of beer at Granite Coast. Just because our favorite area museums are temporarily closed doesn't mean we can't consume art here on the North Shore. The region is rich with public outdoor sculptures, often softening into the backgrounds of our daily routines. These treasures tell fascinating stories if we only take the time to look more closely. This summer, why not take a field trip to visit some of these artistic sculptures on the North Shore? M E M O R I A L G AT E S RIDGEWOOD CEMETERY, NORTH ANDOVER Traffic moves so quickly on Salem Street, it's easy to miss the entrance to the private Ridgewood Cemetery near North Andover center. But the spectacular bronze doors flanking the entrance are worth slowing down for a closer look. The gates, erected in 1908, commemorate an orphaned nephew's love and respect for the maiden aunt who adopted him and raised him as her own. When she died in 1894 at the age of 88, her bereaved nephew George Holley Gilbert published a book titled In Memoriam : Lavinia Farnham with letters and notes attesting to her piety, kindness, and good works. He erected the gates in 1908 in her memory, adorned with angels, wreaths, and a quote from the Bible's Song of Solomon, "Until The Day Break And Shadows Flee Away." R O G E R C O N A N T STAT U E SALEM COMMON, SALEM The imposing figure of Roger Conant glaring down at Salem Common is often mistaken as a memorial to the Witchcraft Hysteria. In truth, Conant arrived in the colonies long before the Witchcraft Hysteria of the 1690s, emigrating from England in 1623 with his wife, Sarah, and son, Caleb. The statue honors the integral role he played in establishing the communities of Salem, Peabody, and Danvers and his term The region's historical outdoor sculptures allow us to access art safely in our own communities. BY SUSAN GRAHAM ALFRESCO ART Top to bottom, Roger Conant helped establish Salem and was also governor. The statue dates from 1913. Memorial Gates to Lavinia Farnham at the Ridgewood Cemetary in North Andover PHOTOGRAPHS, TOP TO BOTTOM BY SHUTTERSTOCK, BY KEELIE WINSLOW serving as governor from 1626 to 1628. In 1913, the Conant family approved the statue by sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson. Kitson was chided by Harvard professor Chandler Rathfon Post in his book History of European and American Sculpture (Harvard University Press, 1921) for Roger Conant's close resemblance to Augustus St. Gauden's 1887 statue The Puritan that stands in Spring field. H A N N A H D U STO N M E M O R I A L GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC PARK, HAVERHILL On March 15, 1697, the settlement in Haverhill was attacked by a French-influenced Abenaki war party that killed 27 people. Hannah Duston, a mother of nine, was taken hostage with her six-day-old baby, Martha, who was brutally murdered by their captors who readily dispatched those deemed too weak to travel.

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