page_title: Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument
hierarchical_section_title: Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument
caption_attribution_description: Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument erected at Annapolis on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy in memory of Thomas Branford Shubrick (1825-1847), killed while in the act of pointing this gun during the bombardment of Vera Cruz; and Passed Midshipmen Henry A. Clemson, John R. Hynson, and Midshipman Wingate Pillsbury, who were drowned when the brig “Somers” was capsized and lost in a squall off Vera Cruz in December 1846.
context_page_description: The Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument at the intersection of Stribling Walk and Chapel Walk, center campus of the US Naval Academy, is in memory of two passed midshipmen who lost their lives when the brig Somers sank in 1846, one midshipman who drowned near 'Vera Cruz' in 1846, and another midshipman who lost his life in the siege of Veracruz in 1847.
  The monument is made of marble and measures 218 by 78 by 78 inches. Often shortened to the Mexican Monument, it is also known as the Clemson Monument, and is by an unknown designer. It was an 1848 gift by the Academy's Brigade of Midshipmen.
context_section_description: The Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument at the intersection of Stribling Walk and Chapel Walk, center campus of the US Naval Academy, is in memory of two passed midshipmen (H. A. Clemson, J. R. Hynson) who lost their lives when the brig Somers sank in 1846, one midshipman (J. W. Pillsbury) who drowned near 'Vera Cruz' in 1846, and another midshipman (T. B. Shubrick) who lost his life in the siege of Veracruz in 1847.
  The monument is made of marble and measures 218 by 78 by 78 inches (5.5 m × 2.0 m × 2.0 m). Often shortened to the Mexican Monument, it is also known as the Clemson Monument, and is by an unknown designer. It was an 1848 gift by the Academy's Brigade of Midshipmen.
caption: Center campus of the US Naval Academy
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