Monuments

George Davis Statue (Wilmington, North Carolina)


Confederate


Monument type:

Statue - high ranking official

Artist:

Francis Herman Packer

Dedication Date:

1911-01-01

Address:

Wilmington

New Hanover

North Carolina

USA

Inscription:

West face: GEORGE DAVIS / SENATOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL / OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / 1820 - 1896 South face: SCHOLAR / PATRIOT / STATESMAN / CHRISTIAN East face: HIS WISDOM ILLUSTRATED THE / PRINCIPLES OF LAW AND EQUITY. / HIS ELOQUENCE COMMANDED / THE ADMIRATION OF HIS PEERS. / BELOVED FOR HIS STAINLESS / INTEGRITY, HIS MEMORY DWELLS / IN THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE. / SHINING IN THE PURE EXCELLENCE / OF VIRTUE AND REFINEMENT, / HE EXEMPLIFIED, WITH DIGNITY / AND SIMPLICITY, WITH GENTLE / COURTESY AND CHRISTIAN FAITH, / THE TRUE HEART OF CHIVALRY / IN SOUTHERN MANHOOD. North face: ERECTED / IN LOVING MEMORY / BY / THE UNITED DAUGHTERS / OF THE CONFEDERACY

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Conception Date:
1901-01-01
Opening Date:
Material:
Bronze and granite
Size:
0m x 0m x 2.4384m
Creator:
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Cost / Value:
$5,010
Erected by:
Funded by:
United Daughters of the Confederacy and James Sprunt
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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