ROCKLAND — A donation of $1,000 for the restoration of the city’s Civil War Monument at the Shore Village Museum was made Monday night to Mayor Robert A. Peabody Jr. by Kenneth A. Jacobson Jr., president of the Rockland Share the Pride Association.

The group had agreed to “adopt” the monument last fall and raise the necessary funds to restore the 81-year-old monument and flag pole that had fallen into disrepair. The council agreed to have the work done in response to the association’s commitment to restore this historic monument.

“We are extremely pleased to be able to make this contribution to the city as it symbolizes our commitment to fostering the pride that we have in our city,” Jacobson said. The funds were raised through the generosity of individuals, organizations and businesses in the city, including the Rockland Lodge of Elks, the 20th Maine Civil War Volunteers Company B, Real Country Radio Station WMCM, and Shop `n Save Supermarket in Rockland.

Rockland Share the Pride Association is a volunteer organization that has been in existence for more than a year working toward the betterment of the city through beautification projects and staging free public events.

The monument was erected in 1912 in front of the GAR Hall on Limerock Street (now the site of Fleet Bank) in honor of the men and women from Rockland who served in the Civil War. Dedication ceremonies were held on June 17, 1912, which was 51 years after the famous Fourth Maine Infantry left its camp on Tillson Hill on Middle Street (now Tillson Avenue) and departed for Washington, D.C., as the first unit to respond to the call for volunteers in the Civil War.

The monument was moved to its present site at the Shore Village Museum in 1961. The restoration work included a new base and repaired several cracks in the monument. Brass plates and ornaments that had become corroded over the years were cleaned and restored. City crews also painted the flag pole.

“We consider this monument to be an important historic landmark that should be preserved for future generations,” Jacobson said.