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Statue of Jefferson Davis: Fairview: Frederick Hibbard: Marble: December 10, 1936 Removed from Kentucky State Capitol in 2020 to be placed at Jefferson Davis State Historic Site: John Hunt Morgan Memorial: Lexington, Old Fayette County Courthouse; moved October 2017 to the Confederate section of the Lexington Cemetery: Pompeo Coppini, sculptor
The Statue of Jefferson Davis was unveiled in the Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda, in Frankfort, Kentucky on December 10, 1936. It depicts Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. It was erected under the auspices of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [ 1] It remained there until June 13, 2020.
The vandalized statue of Robert Milligan outside the Museum of London Docklands before it was removed. The Albert Pike Memorial in Washington, D.C., after protesters toppled the statue of Pike. During the civil unrest [1] that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice ...
A Kentucky commission voted Friday to take down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol, adding its voice to a global push to remove symbols of racism and slavery.
The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, in Fairview, Kentucky. The site's focal point is a 351-foot (107.0 m) concrete obelisk. [2] In 1973, it was believed to be the fourth-tallest monument in the United States ...
Kentucky lawmakers would claim authority over what statues are installed or removed from the state Capitol's Rotunda under a bill passed Friday by the GOP-led House, a move the bill sponsor said ...
A Kentucky state committee has voted to remove a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol building. In a near-unanimous vote on Friday, the state's Historic ...
July 17, 1997. The Confederate Monument in Louisville is a 70-foot-tall monument formerly adjacent to and surrounded by the University of Louisville Belknap Campus in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Relocation of the monument to Brandenburg, Kentucky, along the town's riverfront began November 2016, and was completed in mid-December.