Charles Belknap Statue

Bronze plaque on front of monument: CHARLES EUGENE BELKNAP DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER WORTHY PUBLIC OFFICIAL SELF SACRIFICING CITIZEN FAITHFUL FRIEND ------------------------------------ BORN AT MASSENA, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY NEW YORK OCTOBER 17,1846 SETTLED IN GRAND RAPIDS 1854 SERVED FOUR YEARS IN CIVIL WAR AS CAPTAIN OF COMPANY H, 21ST MICHIGAN INFANTRY AND AIDE TO GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN CHAIRMAN OF CHICAMAUGA MEMORIAL COMMISSION HISTORIAN OF ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND FOUNDER OF BELKNAP WAGON WORKS A FOUNDER OF THE GRAND RAPIDS FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SEVEN YEARS ALDERMAN FROM THE OLD SEVENTH WARD MAYOR OF THE CITY 1884 MEMBER OF CONGRESS 1889-1892 BOY SCOUT COMMISSIONER 1922-1929 PATRON OF CAMP FIRE GIRLS RACONTEUR AND PUBLISHER OF PIONEER EXPERIENCES DIED JANUARY 16,1929 BURIED AT GREENWOOD CEMETARY THIS MEMORIAL ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY THE BOY SCOUTS AND CAMP FIRE GIRLS, HAS BEEN ERECTED BY FRIENDS WHO ADMIRED CAPTAIN BELKNAP'S PATRIOTIC PUBLIC SERVICES HIS WINSOME FRIENDLINESS AND SIMPLICITY AND THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY OF HIS EXEMPLARY LIFE ----------------------------------------------------------------- On the base of the statue: "Horace Colby 1931 Sc" & "Roman Bronze Works NY" Bench in front of statue: "DO A GOOD TURN DAILY"