Statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt
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| 35°46′51″N 78°38′22″W / 35.78072°N 78.63956°W | |
| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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 28 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina". docsouth.unc.edu. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ Bridges, Virginia. "NC governor orders Confederate monuments removed at Capitol after statues toppled". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Work to remove 75-foot tall Confederate monument at State Capitol postponed". WRAL.com. 20 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
External links[edit]
Media related to Henry Lawson Wyatt by Gutzon Borglum at Wikimedia Commons
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