'A wingless angel'?

The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, at Boston Common. A reproduction can be found at the Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, in Cornish, N.H. (the town in which the late famously reclusive writer J.D. Salinger lived for many years).

“….A month ago,
at Saint-Gaudens’s house, we ran from a startling downpour

into coincidence: under a loggia built
for performances on the lawn
hulked Shaw's monument, splendid
in its plaster maquette, the ramrod-straight colonel
high above his black troops. We crouched on wet gravel
and waited out the squall; the hieratic woman

-- a wingless angel? -- floating horizontally

above the soldiers, ‘‘

—- from “Demolition,’’ by Mark Doty

The Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park preserves the home, gardens and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), one of America's most famous sculptors. The estate was his summer residence in 1885-1897, and then his permanent home from 1900 until his death. It was the center of the Cornish Art Colony. The estate includes two hiking trails. Original sculptures are on exhibit, along with reproductions of his masterpieces.

Allegedly, there were wild parties when Saint Gaudens was in residence.

One of the statues at the park

Skiing and snowshoeing at the park.

On Jan 4 10-11:30 a.m., follow a ranger at the park for a stroll through history around its grounds.