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NORTHSHOREMAG.COM 34 JUNE + JULY 2020 FAC E S + P L AC E S While on the trail heading for ransom or slavery in Quebec, Hannah took advantage of loosened vigilance and on March 29, 1697, she grabbed a tomahawk and killed eight of her 10 captors while they slept. She then escaped with two of the hostages in a canoe, paddling down the Merrimack River back to Haverhill. Upon her return, she was hailed as a hero. Her dramatic statue was erected in 1879, created by sculptor Calvin H. Weeks who later became mayor of Haverhill. Hannah Duston is also honored with a second sculpture in Boscawen, New Hampshire, the site of her escape. T H E E L K BEECHBROOK CEMETERY, GLOUCESTER In an unexpected pocket of tranquility off busy Route 133 in Gloucester, Beechbrook Cemetery is the final resting place for many of Gloucester's fishermen and members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge #892. In the center of the cemetery, a magnificent bronze stag keeps a vigilant watch over the well-tended plot known as an "Elks Rest" atop a massive ivy-covered plinth. Sculptor Eli Harvey of Ohio created the first distinctive elk sculpture in 1904 and since then, they may be found in many similar "Elk Rests" throughout the United States. PHOTOGRAPHS, TOP TO BOTTOM BY DOUG LEVY, BY KEELIE WINSLOW J OA N O F A R C WASHINGTON AND MIDDLE STREETS, GLOUCESTER Renowned sculptor and philanthropist Anna Hyatt Huntington created the dramatic sculpture of Joan of Arc atop a granite base designed by Frederick Hall overlooking the traffic circle at Washington and Middle Streets in Gloucester. The statue was erected in 1921 to honor Gloucester's contribution to World War I. Huntington worked out of her studio near Annisquam for many years, becoming one of the preemiment American sculptors of the early 1900s. Copies of the statue can be found in Quebec, New York City, San Francisco, and Blois, France. Historian Joseph Garland wrote that the magnificent steed in the statue was actually modeled after a workhorse from the East Gloucester fire department. Today, the statue appears to sit at an odd angle, with the horse's rump facing oncoming traffic. But back in 1921, before the A. Piatt Andrew Bridge was built and Route 128 connected Gloucester to the mainland, the only access was via Route 127 over the Blynman Bridge between downtown Gloucester and Magnolia. Viewed from that route, the Joan of Arc statue gave travelers an impressive welcome to the city. F I R ST S E T T L E R S O F N E W B U RY LOWER GREEN, NEWBURY Don't blink or you'll miss this intricately crafted memorial to the first settlers of Newbury and their descendants along Route 1A in Newbury. Gracing a granite pedestal, a Top to bottom, The Elk is located at Beechbrook Cemetery in Gloucester, First Settlers of Newbury bronze replica of the Mary and John under full sail honors the intrepid British pioneers who put their trust in the 400-ton ship to carry them safely to Agawam (now Ipswich) in 1634. The Mary and John was a true ocean workhorse, successfully completing four trans- Atlantic passages between 1607 and 1634. Unfortunately, the original 150-pound bronze sculpture forged by the Woodland Foundry was never fully secured to the pedestal and it was stolen in 1974. Local historian Burt Noyes led efforts to raise funds for a replacement, and the monument with the current version of the Mary and John created by the Paul King Foundry was rededicated in 1976. Joan of Arc in Gloucester