Photographs of
Chester War Memorial
WW1 1914 – 1918
WW2 1939 – 1945
Korea 1950 – 1953 Afghanistan 2002
Monument
Chester Lunenburg County Nova Scotia
Located on the Parade, South Street at Central Street
GPS location: 44°32’11″N 64°14’33″W
Photographed on 31 October 2002
Photographed on 31 October 2002
Sculpture by J. Massey Rhind (1860-1936)
Photographed on 30 April 2003
West face
Photographed on 31 October 2002
Plaque on west face
Photographed on 4 November 2002
North face
Photographed on 30 April 2003
Upper plaque on north face
Photographed on 30 April 2003
Lower plaque on north face
Photographed on 31 October 2002
South face
Photographed on 4 November 2002
Memorial Plaque Unveiled CBC November 2nd, 2002
N.S. adds ‘friendly fire’ victim to cenotaph
by the CBC, 3Nov.2002
For the first time in more than half a century, a small
community in Nova Scotia has added the name of
a young soldier to the local war memorial…
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/11/02/memorial_021102.html
Upper plaque on south face
Photographed on 20 March 2003
South face
Photographed on 16 April 2010
South flagpole
Photographed on 4 November 2002
Photographed on 19 November 2005
Also see: Chester Bronze Cannons
Chester war memorial by the South Shore Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nslssgs/chester.htm
The National Silver (Memorial) Cross Mother for 2002, by the Royal Canadian Legion
Mrs. Doreen Coolen, the mother of the late Private Richard Anthony Green
http://www.legion.ca/asp/docs/feature/SilverCross_e.asp
Mother of soldier killed by U.S. bomb to lay wreath in Ottawa by the CBC, 11Nov.2002
Doreen Coolen has been invited to take part in the national Remembrance Day
ceremonies in Ottawa on Monday, but it’s an honour the Nova Scotia woman
would rather not have. The Royal Canadian Legion asked her to
represent all Canadian mothers who have lost a child in war.
She is this year’s National Silver (Memorial) Cross Mother.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/11/10/remembrance_mom021110.html
Canada remembers by the CBC, 12Nov.2002
Doreen Coolen, whose son was killed this spring in Afghanistan,
was at the memorial to lay a wreath in honour of all those
dead soldiers’ mothers. Pte. Richard Green was one of four
Canadians killed in a so-called friendly fire incident last
April near Kandahar. Coolen followed Governor General
Adrienne Clarkson in placing her wreath. Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien and U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci were
among other dignitaries to pay their respects with wreaths…
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/11/11/remem_day021111.html
Relatives press for lawsuit in friendly-fire deaths
by the CBC, 22March2003
Relatives of a Nova Scotia soldier killed in Afghanistan last year are pressing forward with their lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force…
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2003/03/22/lawsuit030322.html
Mrs. Doreen Coolen: 2002 Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother by Veterans Affairs Canada
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=collections/books/silver02
Mrs. Doreen Coolen, 2002 Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother by Veterans Affairs Canada
The National Silver Cross (Memorial) Mother for 2002 is Mrs. Doreen Coolen
of Simms Settlement in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. She the mother of the late
Private Richard Anthony Green killed by friendly fire while on duty with
the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI)
in Afghanistan in 2002…
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/books/silver02
John Massey Rhind by Wikipedia
Other Sculptures by John Massey Rhind (1860-1936)
New Glasgow War Memorial New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
https://ns1763.ca/pictouco/newglaswar.html
Halifax war memorial The Cenotaph, Grand Parade, Halifax
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/hfxwarmem.html
National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio
William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States.
http://wapedia.mobi/en/National_McKinley_Birthplace_Memorial
Grant’s Tomb New York City
http://www.grantstomb.org/ov3.html
Bust of Judge James Monroe Jackson, Sr. Parkersburg, West Virginia
http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/jackson/JamesMJackson.html
Moses Smiting the Rock Washington Park, Albany, New York
http://www.albany.edu/~jg7712/isp523/neighborhood.html
Statue of Crawford W. Long
National Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/long_c.cfm
Corning Memorial Fountain Hartford, Connecticut
http://www.bushnellpark.org/Content/Corning_Fountain.asp
Statue of Stephen Girard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia’s greatest philanthropist
http://www.philart.net/images/large/girard.jpg
Statue of Tedyuscung Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.philart.net/images/large/tedy1.jpg
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson Indiana Plaza, Washington, D.C.
http://www.kittytours.org/thatman2/search.asp?subject=16
Apollo Fountain Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey
The Apollo Fountain, designed by John Massey Rhind, was a
birthday gift in 1902 for George Gould’s wife…
http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=347
Erskine Memorial Fountain Grant Park, Atlanta, Georgia
…Mrs. Ward commissioned New York sculptor J. Massey Rhind to
create a fountain that would serve as a public memorial to her father.
Rhind was a very distinguished artist. Commisssioned by William
Waldorf Astor, he had designed the famous memorial doors of
Trinity Church in New York in honor of Astor’s deceased father.
Rhind came to Atlanta for the fountain’s formal unveiling and was
on hand to receive compliments on his creation, which was then
considered to be one of Atlanta’s most notable landmarks…
http://gpconservancy.org/node/64
Statue of Peter Stuyvesant 866 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey
http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/
Pages/S_Pages/Stuyvesant_Peter.htm
View 1: Statue of Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
http://www.gb1863.com/432.JPG
View 2: Statue of Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
http://www.gb1863.com/433.JPG
One Hundred Broadway 100 Broadway, New York City
Prominently sited at the southeast corner of Broadway and Pine Street,
opposite Trinity Church, the building stands in the heart of the
New York financial district … Clad in Maine granite, the
twenty-four story building features a rich neo-Renaissance
decorative scheme that incorporates Greek elements such as the
Ionic entrance colonnade and the severe classical sculptural figures,
designed by J. Massey Rhind, at the third story…
http://www.100broadway.com/history.html
Rear-Admiral Desmond Piers Times of London, 5 Dec 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article745710.ece
