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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