1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia

Bronze statue in Philadelphia March 2025 Union Club Philly Statue 1.jpg 300px 1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia 1911 Bronze 84 54 48 in cm Philadelphia 39.949800 -75.164400 City of PhiladelphiaFairmount Park Commission 1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia, also known as the Spirit of '61, is a bronze statue by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown installed in Philadelphia at the Union League Club, 140 South Broad Street, Center City – adjacent to John Wilson's sculpture Washington Grays Monument. History Commissioned in 1911 by the First Regiment, Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania for that organization's 50th anniversary, this sculpture was installed in front of the Union League building on Broad Street, Philadelphia in 1911, and deeded to the Union League of Philadelphia in 1962 in celebration of the First Regiment's centennial anniversary."Spirit of ’61 (1911)." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Association for Public Art, retrieved online February 15, 2019. Physical description The sculpture depicts a Civil War-era soldier marching in full uniform as a member of the First Regiment, Infantry of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. A successor regiment of the Gray Reserves, which was established in 1822, the First Regiment was called to action following the mid-April 1861 Fall of Fort Sumter. The plaque on the sculpture’s base was inscribed with the words: "First Regiment Infantry/National Guard of Pennsylvania/Grays Reserves/1861 April–1911.""Spirit of '61 (1911), Association of Public Art. See also List of public art in Philadelphia References 100em "Spirit of '61," Christopher William Purdom (webmsaster), Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net "1st Regiment Infantry National Guard of Philadelphia" (sculpture), Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture (retrieved October 23, 2011) History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, compiled by Edwin North Benson (1840–1932), Richard Dale Benson (1841–1920), Theodore Edward Wiedersheim (1846–1916), Wm. H. Dole & Co's. Printing House (William Henry Dole, Sr.; 1848–1930) (1880); 866447194 History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania (Gray Reserves) 1861–1911, by James William Latta (1839–1922), Mag. Gen. National Guard of Pennsylvania, Retired, J. B. Lippincott & Co. (1912); 866445135 External links "Political Notes: Unmistakable Republican," Time, October 28, 1946 "First Regiment Philadelphia, PA" (photo), by Seth Gaines (© July 16, 2006) Category:Outdoor sculptures in Philadelphia Category:1911 sculptures Category:Bronze sculptures in Pennsylvania Category:Statues in Philadelphia Category:Sculptures of men in Pennsylvania Category:1911 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:Monuments and memorials in Philadelphia