The *Soldiers? and Sailors? Monument, well placed on a
hluff overlooking the river, is a circular marble structure,
erected in 1902, at a cost of $250,000, to commemorate the
valor of the soldiers and sailors who fought in defence of the
Union from 1861 to I865. (C. W. and A. A. Houghton,
architects; Paul E. Duboy, sculptor).

The monument is of White marble in the form of a small circular
Greek Temple, resembling the choragic Monument of Lysicrates, with
a peristyle of 12 Corinthian columns and a frieze of eagles. A clear
echo can he heard within. In front of the monument is a copy of
Hondon?s statue of Washington, a gift from the school children. Fine
View here of the Palisadesand Ft. Washington Point.