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In this 1892 photograph of Marion Square, the original version of the Calhoun Memorial can be seen. The square is the home to many monuments, including a Holocaust memorial, an obelisk dedicated to Wade Hampton, and a statue of John C. Calhoun in cast bronze atop a giant pillar. [11] The Calhoun monument is the second such structure in the square.
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 politician from Abbeville, South Carolina who served as Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832 and who was an adamant supporter of American slavery .
These statues stand 10 feet 6 inches (3.20 m) tall atop an octagonal pedestal that rises 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m). [5] The monument lies at the center of a large circular plaza with a diameter of 56.5 feet (17.2 m). [5] The monument features several inscriptions on the pedestal. On the front is inscribed: [5] TO THE CONFEDERATE DEFENDERS OF ...
Marion County, South Carolina, and its county seat, the City of Marion, are named for Marion. The city features a statue of General Marion in the town square, and has a museum which includes many artifacts related to Francis Marion; the Marion High School mascot is the Swamp Fox.
Benjamin Banneker statue Benjamin Banneker: National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. 2016 Statue stands in front of a plan of the City of Washington, which Banneker did not plan, design or survey (see Mythology of Benjamin Banneker and List of common misconceptions) The Quest for Parity: Octavius Catto
The Marian column (Czech: Mariánský sloup) of Prague is a religious monument consisting of a column topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary, located in the city's Old Town Square. The original column was erected in 1650, shortly after the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War.
Merrion Square map (1762) The square was laid out in 1762 to a plan by John Smyth and Jonathan Barker for the estate of Viscount FitzWilliam.Samuel Sproule later laid out the East side around 1780 and the gardens were created through a competition won by Benjamin Simpson in 1792 thanks to drawings created by John James Barralet.
The statue in Bryant Park. The statue was cast in Munich, Germany, in 1892 [1] and was dedicated on October 20, 1894. [2] Originally erected in Bryant Park in 1894, it was taken down in the 1920s amid subway construction, and moved to the northeastern corner of Central Park, at 103rd Street, in 1934, opposite the New York Academy of Medicine.