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More than 10 million people (one-fifth of the U.S. population) visited the Exposition, and nearly all of them would have seen the statue. [13] Millions more experienced it through illustrations and photographs. Although its formal name was "The American Soldier", [14] the statue soon became popularly known as "The American Volunteer". The ...
Kenneth P'pool, who chaired the Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 1973 (P'pool reportedly also earlier supported the candidacy of George Wallace for president in 1968), the late Tennessee state Senator and Sons of Confederate Veterans Joseph E. Johnston Camp 28 member Douglas Henry (D-Nashville), and the late Civil War expert and collector Lanier ...
The statue's owner, Nashville businessman William C. “Bill” Dorris, died in November 2020, bequeathing the statue to the Battle of Nashville Trust (BONT), a non-profit historical organization dedicated to preserving Battle of Nashville battlefield. In 2021, the Trust announced the statue was disassembled and removed from the site with no ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The countdown to 2025 is on and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pack Bicentennial Park for Nashville’s Big Bash. Names like Keith Urban, Jelly Roll ...
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The Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument is a bronze sculpture by Charles Henry Niehaus, Niehaus, one of the most preeminent sculptors in U.S. history was paid $25,000 in 1901 to create it, the equivalent of $676,000 in today’s money and all of it raised from private donations, [1] depicts Confederate States of America Lt. General and first-era Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest ...
At Good Shepherd Catholic Church. [387] Statue of the Virgin Mary Chattanooga: Tennessee Jul 15, 2020 (discovered) Statue was torn down and decapitated; head stolen. The motive for the destruction is unknown. Local police stated that the toppling is a possible hate crime. [388] Monument to the 77th New York Volunteer Infantry (Union Army unit)