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The Peace Monument (also known as The Triumph of Peace) is a public monument in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.Designed by Allen George Newman, the monument is located in Piedmont Park and was erected in 1911 by members of the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard, a Confederate-era militia, as a show of national unity in the years following the American Civil War.
Civil War Memorial (Savannah, Georgia) Confederate Memorial Park (Albany, Georgia) ... Peace Monument (Atlanta) S. Sidney Lanier Monument; Statue of Benjamin Harvey Hill;
Lithograph of Piedmont Park plans for the 1895 Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, GA c.1894. In 1894, the Piedmont Exposition Company offered to sell the land to the city of Atlanta for $165,000.00, but Mayor John B. Goodwin refused. [12] Thus, The park remained in private hands and outside the city limits for another ten years.
The face of the Georgia monument was destroyed by protesters during the first week of June 2020. On August 18, 2021, the statue was removed due to frequent vandalism. [41] Peachtree Battle Avenue Monument (1935), a stone-engraved memorial commemorating the Battle of Peachtree Creek (1864). Because state law prohibits its removal, a panel was ...
Lewis served as a US representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 by President Barack Obama ...
Newman was commissioned by an organization of Atlanta, Georgia, businessmen to create a peace monument for Piedmont Park, commemorating reconciliation between the North and South. The Triumph of Peace depicts a winged goddess holding an olive branch, who declares "Cease Firing – Peace Is Proclaimed," to a Confederate soldier holding a rifle.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted that, with the addition of the memorial and the museum, Montgomery and Atlanta together provide a narrative of African-American history, as the latter has sites associated with national Civil Rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and local history as well. [36]
Pages in category "Statues in Atlanta" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Peace Monument (Atlanta) S. Statue of Benjamin Harvey Hill;