NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — June 21, 2013 — Fundraising has begun in earnest for the city's fishermen's memorial, with supporters looking for more than $160,000 needed to build the statue commemorating the men who go to, and sometimes fail to return from, the sea.
"We are working for every brick in the wall, every stone that will be placed," said Deb Shrader, president of the Fishermen's Tribute Fund.
Local artist Erik Durant, who will sculpt the monument, unveiled the memorial's concept art Thursday morning after the city celebrated the centennial of "The Whaleman," the statue in front of the New Bedford Free Public Library dedicated to whaling.
The Standard-Times wrote about the memorial and ran a photograph of its design a year ago, but Thursday was the statue's first public unveiling.
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