The sculpture depicts a female figure of Memory standing with her right hand held to her cheek in contemplation.

Her left arm holds a World War I doughboy helmet encircled by a laurel wreath.

[1] William Bradford Homer Dowse, a town resident and prominent lawyer, businessman and philanthropist, funded the sculpture to honor the men of Sherborn who died in wars from 1676-1918.

[2] In 2017 the town received a grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund to restore the statue as light green copper sulfate corrosion was visible on the head and hands with black copper sulfide settling into the garment folds.

The restoration left the statue with a uniform dark bronze color that makes discerning the sculptural details challenging.