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The ambitious design was meant to be a multicolored reflective statue representing friendship, the origin of the name of the state of Texas. It would have been the largest statue in the world and twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. [2] Doug Michels is commonly known for being the architect behind Cadillac Ranch. [citation needed]
Spirit of the Confederacy, also known as the Confederacy Monument, is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting an angel holding a sword and palm branch by Louis Amateis, installed in Houston's Sam Houston Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was erected in 1908 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
During the George Floyd protests in June 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, a number of statues and memorials where toppled or removed. After residents defaced the monument the Tarrant County commission voted to remove it. The monument was removed on June 13, 2020, [3] and moved to storage. [4] [5] [6]
Sam Houston Monument, Hermann Park; Spirit of the Confederacy, Sam Houston Park; Statue of Christopher Columbus (1992), Bell Park; Statue of George H. Hermann; Statue of Richard W. Dowling (1905), Hermann Park; Tolerance; Virtuoso, Downtown Houston; World War I Monument; World War II Memorial
Bust of Simón Bolívar (Houston) Spirit of the Confederacy; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston) Statue of Confucius (Houston) Statue of George H. Hermann; Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) Statue of Richard W. Dowling
Statue of John Henninger Reagan; Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Austin, Texas) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) Statue of Richard W. Dowling; Statue of Robert E. Lee (Austin, Texas) Statue of Robert McAlpin Williamson; Statue of Sam Houston (Ney) Statue of Stephen F. Austin; Statue of Toribio Losoya
The Spirit of Eternal Repose; Square Tilt; Statue of Barbara Jordan (Austin–Bergstrom International Airport) Statue of Barbara Jordan (University of Texas at Austin) Statue of Cesar Chavez; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston) Statue of Christopher Columbus (San Antonio) Statue of Confucius (Houston) Statue of Dan Moody; Statue of George ...
Prior to 1958, the statue was at the city hall. [3] This was the first public monument commissioned by the city government; he was chosen as he fought in favor of the CSA. [4] The site received a Historical Marker (#11938) by the Texas Historical Commission in 1998. [5] On August 19, 2017, Andrew Schneck was arrested at the statue with bomb ...