Administered by Town of Westford Town Selectmen Rt. 128, RR 1 Box 30 Westford Vermont 05494
Located Brookside Road, just past west end of town common Westford Vermont 05494
Date:
Erected 1911. Dedicated July 4, 1912. Rededicated July 2, 1989
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey, 1992.
Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), July 11, 1912.
Image on file.
(East side of base:) REV. JOHN H. WOODWARD (North side of base:) CHAPLAIN FIRST VERMONT CAVALRY/1861-1863 (West side of base:) THIS STATUE PRESENTED BY JOHN AND H.W. ALLEN/NATIVES OF THIS TOWN (South side of base:) PASTOR CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH/1838-1864 (See IAS file for list of 108 soldier names on bronze plaque unsigned
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Summary:
Standing figure of Reverend John H. Woodward with a long beard. He is wearing a long coat coming just above the knee with three buttons showing and epaulets. His proper left hand is holding a hat and his proper right hand is resting on a book that is set on top of a square column.