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Jefferson Davis Monument (Fletcher)


'The memorial is one of a series of large granite mountain boulders, all about the same size but of different shapes that comprise the “Open-Air Westminster Abbey of the South.” Each marker contains a bronze plaque with date of birth and death and a statement about the person’s significance to southern culture or in some cases their relationship to Calvary Episcopal Church. ' - https://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/763/


Monument type:

Plaque

Artist:

Dedication Date:

1931

Address:

Henderson

NC

USA

Inscription:

Front: JEFFERSON DAVIS / PRESIDENT OF / THE CONFEDERATE STATES / OF AMERICA / SOLDIER, PLANTER / AUTHOR, STATESMAN / BORN JUNE3, 1808 / FAIRVIEW, KENTUCKY / DIED DECEMBER 6, 1889 / NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA “HE WAS A STATESMAN WITH CLEAN / HANDS AND PURE HEART WHO SERVED / HIS PEOPLE FAITHFULLY AND WELL / FROM BUDDING MANHOOD TO HOARY AGE” Rear: ERECTED 1931 / BY THE / NORTH CAROLINA / DIVISION / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY

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Bronze and granite
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Funded by:
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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