General Robert E. Lee and Confederate Soldier Statue (San Carlos, Texas)
Confederate
Also known as "Robert E. Lee on Traveller"
Monument type:
Statue - equestrian
Artist:
Alexander Phimister Proctor
Dedication Date:
1936-01-01
Address:
San Carlos
Dallas
Texas
USA
Inscription:
(sides)
"A.P. PROCTOR - 1936", "A. Phimister Proctor, Sculptor/Mark Lemmon, Architect",
"Roman Bronze Works N.Y."
(base)
Adopted and restored October 1991 through the generosity of Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation / Communities Foundation of Texas / Margaret Hunt Hill / Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stemmons / Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Seay / The Family of Mrs. J. Early Lee / Barbara Foree Langston in memory of Robert L. Foree and Mrs. Kenneth Foree / Frank Ribelin / Kappa Alpha Order, Dallas Area Alumni / The Dallas Southern Memorial Association / Adopt-A-Monument.
"This bronze statue of General Robert E. Lee was presented to the City of Dallas on June 12, 1936, by the Dallas Southern Memorial Association / Lee Memorial Company / Elizabeth Rembert Rogers, Chairman."
"The soldier accompanying General Lee represents the entire youth of the South to whom General Lee became a great inspiration. He was not intended by the sculptor to be an aide-de-camp."[
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Material:
Bronze
Size:
2.7m x 1.5m x 3.7m
Creator:
Roman Bronze Works N.Y
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Funded by:
Unknown
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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