The Milmore Memorial is a masterwork by the great American sculptor, Daniel Chester French. It honors two Irish-American brothers who were both sculptors - Martin and Joseph Milmore. The sculpture Death Arresting the Hand of the Sculptor was first installed in August 1893. It has since moved locations within Forest Hills Cemetery and gone through several pedestals/surrounds.
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Forest Hills Cemetery was originally set aside in 1848 by the City of Roxbury as a city cemetery. In the corner of the grounds near Walk Hill and Canterbury streets, explorers will find the glass-enclosed white marble statue titled “Boy in the Boat,” and marked LL on the cemetery’s map of curiosities.
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Forest Hills Cemetery was originally set aside in 1848 by the City of Roxbury as a city cemetery. In the corner of the grounds near Walk Hill and Canterbury streets, explorers will find the glass-enclosed white marble statue titled “Boy in the Boat,” and marked LL on the cemetery’s map of curiosities.
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