Statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt
The memorial in 2011 | |
| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 35°46′51″N 78°38′22″W / 35.78072°N 78.63956°W |
| Designer | Gutzon Borglum |
| Material | Bronze |
| Dedicated date | June 12, 1912 |
| Restored date | 2008 |
| Dedicated to | Henry Lawson Wyatt |
| Dismantled date | June 2020 |
A statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt was installed in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
History
The statue was unveiled on June 12, 1912 by the North Carolina division of the Daughters of the Confederacy.[1][2] Henry Lawson Wyatt was the first Confederate soldier to die in battle on June 10, 1861.[2] It became a point of pride for North Carolina Confederates, who boasted that their state had been "First at Bethel, Farthest at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and Last at Appomattox."[2]
Removal
The statue was removed on June 20, 2020, after North Carolina governor Roy Cooper ordered the removal of all Confederate monuments at the state capitol.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ Brundage, W. Fitzhugh (2015). Where These Memories Grow: History, Memory, and Southern Identity. UNC Press Books. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4696-2432-7. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina". docsouth.unc.edu. March 19, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Bridges, Virginia. "NC governor orders Confederate monuments removed at Capitol after statues toppled". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ "Work to remove 75-foot tall Confederate monument at State Capitol postponed". WRAL.com. June 20, 2020. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
External links
- Media related to Henry Lawson Wyatt by Gutzon Borglum at Wikimedia Commons