Westbrook honors its sons and daughters who, through loyalty, self-sacrifice, and devotion, strove to preserve and cement the Union during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. It also commemorates the men of Westbrook, Maine, who served their country on land and sea in all the nation’s wars, and affirms that the demands of loyalty to the country are as great upon the sons as they were upon the sires, with the safety of the country resting in the intelligence, moral character, and patriotism of its citizens.