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The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina, which includes the South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Located in the capital city of Columbia near the corner of Gervais and Assembly Streets, the building also housed ...
Displayed in the National Statuary Hall and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the collection includes two statues from each state, except for Virginia which currently has one, making a total of 99. On July 2, 1864, Congress established the National Statuary Hall: "States [may] provide and furnish statues, in marble ...
The statue of Christopher Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol moments after it was pulled from its pedestal by American Indian Movement protesters. 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 ...
Bennettsville: Confederate Monument (1907) [1] Camden : Confederate War Memorial (1883) [1] Richard Kirkland Memorial Fountain (1911) [1] Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston : Confederate Defenders of Charleston - Contains two bronze allegorical statues. The male figure, nude, is the defending warrior, with a sword in his right hand and a ...
John C. Calhoun Monument. / 32.786667°N 79.935528°W / 32.786667; -79.935528. The John C. Calhoun Monument was a monumental statue in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The monument was 115 feet tall, and stood at the center of Marion Square in Downtown Charleston. It depicted John C. Calhoun, a prominent American statesman and ...
The South Carolina State Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of South Carolina. It has four floors of permanent and changing exhibits, a digital dome planetarium, 4D interactive theater, and an observatory (all opened in 2014). The State Museum is located along the banks of the Congaree River in downtown Columbia, South Carolina.
The Rev. Billy Graham now has a permanent home in the U.S. Capitol. After a decade of trying, North Carolina’s lawmakers were able to add a statue of Graham to The Statuary Hall Collection ...
Height. 17 feet (5.2 m) Dedicated date. October 20, 1932. Dedicated to. Confederate soldiers from Charleston. Confederate Defenders of Charleston is a monument in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The monument honors Confederate soldiers from Charleston, most notably those who served at Fort Sumter during the American Civil War.