Sherman Circle Information and Updates
The Civil War Memorial Statue has been completed and the finishing touches/landscaping are underway. For an in depth video about the reconstruction of the civil war memorial statue in the LaGrange circle, please visit the link/video below. We want to thank the LaGrange Township Zoning Inspector Marty Mohr for taking the time to make this video. https://youtu.be/w_M1lAoYdoA?si=KJvDLaHkcd_2aKwP
Video of the LaGrange Civil War Monument being reconstructed
Description: This is a photo of the Statue reassembled. This will be used as a template to carve the new statue.
Stone Carver/Artist - Nicholas Fairplay
Village of LaGrange Mayor - Gary Kincannon
Description: This is the 10,000 pound granite stone that will become our new Monument statue.
Description: Each side of the base has a complete rubbing to ensure that It will exactly match the original verbiage. This will be used to carve the new base stones.
Description: These are pictures of a few remnants of the original base stones after the accident. They will be used as templates to ensure accuracy for the new monument.
ABC News Channel 5 did a segment on the rebuilding of Sherman Circle. Click this link for the Article and Video: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/shermans-return-sculptor-reconstructing-lagrange-civil-war-statue-destroyed-in-2022-crash?fbclid=IwY2xjawH3k4pleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHb6vkUg1z--Bo5MFxZRtsYtb2DIgOVEBoy8iQ5KgNt7jHzU18vq0etYS8Q_aem_xOWqvnDokVJi3Ps-l3mdcg
The Civil War Picket Blog also did an article on the Sherman Statue Reconstruction. Click this link for the Article : https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2024/12/pieces-of-civil-war-statue-pulverized.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawH3lxxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHb6vkUg1z--Bo5MFxZRtsYtb2DIgOVEBoy8iQ5KgNt7jHzU18vq0etYS8Q_aem_xOWqvnDokVJi3Ps-l3mdcg