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Over a third of the courthouse monuments were dedicated to the dead. The majority of the cemetery monuments in his study were built in the pre-1900 period, while most of the courthouse monuments were erected after 1900. Of the 666 monuments in his study 55% were of Confederate soldiers, while 28% were obelisks.
Chart of public symbols of the Confederacy and its leaders as surveyed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, by year of establishment [note 1]. Most of the Confederate monuments on public land were built in periods of racial conflict, such as when Jim Crow laws were being introduced in the late 19th century and at the start of the 20th century or during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ...
The first of these was a legislative proposal by Representative Hamilton Fish III in 1935 to erect a statue of Robert E. Lee somewhere in the cemetery. [188] The UDC had previously sought to erect a statue of Lee near Arlington House about 1900, but abandoned this plan to pursue the Confederate Memorial. The UDC strongly backed the Fish bill ...
Given this history, it is more than a little perplexing that Jonathan K. Corrado would argue recently in the pages of the Enquirer that a Confederate Memorial erected in Arlington National ...
After the death of George Floyd in late May, more than 130 Confederate statues and tributes to divisive historical figures have come down in a flurry of protests, acts of vandalism and government ...
The statue was built in 1914, and includes depicitions of enslaved African Americans. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Confederate Soldier Memorial: Huntsville, Madison County Courthouse Oscar Hummel, sculptor Georgia Marble Works, fabricator granite unveiled November 21, 1905 [1] "In memory of the heroes who fell in defense of the principles which gave birth to the Confederate cause erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Our Confederate dead.
Leaders voted 5-4 to put the controversial sculpture on display.