Trivia #17 Four (2/17/2014)

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Name the 4 muses of the Soldiers' National Monument in Gettysburg National Cemetery.
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Clio, the Muse of
History
(represented by the woman writing upon the tablet),
Plenty
(woman holding a
sheaf of wheat) and
Peace
(the mechanic) surmount the base, while the figure of
Liberty
Mourning Her Dead appears on the pedestal

Edit - While Liberty does appear on the pedestal, the way I interpreted the question, it was asking for the four figures at the base of the monument, rather than the one on the pedestal plus three of the four at the base.

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The figures of War (the soldier), Clio, the Muse of History (represented by the woman writing upon the tablet), Plenty (woman holding a sheaf of wheat) and Peace (the mechanic) surmount the base.
 
The four muses are: War, History, Peace, and Plenty. War is represented by a statue of an American soldier who recounts the story of the battle to History. In turn, History records, with stylus and tablet, the achievements of the battle and the names of the honored dead. A statue of an American mechanic and his tools illustrates Peace. Plenty is a female figure with a sheaf of wheat and the fruits of the earth that typify peace and abundance as the soldier's crowning triumph."
 
The four statues are War, History, Plenty and Peace. The only true muse (in the Classical Greek List) is History. But I am assuming you mean the four statutes, and not the statute of Liberty which crowns the monument.
 
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