On September 14, we unveiled Noble Purpose, our new sculpture dedicated to all the people who worked for the Clemens family. Made up of horseshoes of many sizes, some from the many horses that artist and farrier Michael Linton has worked with, this sculpture evokes the life and work of Patrick McAleer, the coachman to the Clemens family for all the years they lived in Hartford. Patrick and his family lived in the Carriage House and were an active part of the life of the Clemens’ busy household. Patrick not only drove the carriage, but he looked after the horses, cows, and other animals that lived on what was once an 8-acre parcel of Clemens’ land.