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Sphinx

Large sculpture of an "American" Sphinx commissioned and paid for by [[Bigelow, Jacob|Dr. Jacob Bigelow]] to commemorate the Civil War dead. [[Milmore, Martin|Martin Milmore]] carved the statue from a single piece of Hallowell Granite and it was placed in the Cemetery in 1872.

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