Jefferson Davis Statue (Montgomery, Alabama)
Confederate
Monument type:
Statue - high ranking official
Artist:
Frederick Cleveland Hibbard
Dedication Date:
1940-01-01
Address:
Montgomery
Montgomery
Alabama
USA
Inscription:
(South side of figure's plinth:) Frederick C. Hibbard/SC/1940 (North side of figure's plinth:) ROMAN BRONZE WKS, N.Y. (Within circular seal at top of plaque on back side of wall behind figure, raised:) THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA: 22/February 1862/DEO VINDICE (Below Confederate Seal on plaque on back side of wall behind figure, raised:) JEFFERSON DAVIS/JUNE 3, 1808-DECEMBER 6, 1889/SOLDIER SCHOLAR STATESMAN/A GRADUATE OF WEST POINT/MILITARY ACADEMY. HE SERVED/THE UNITED STATES AS COLONEL/OF MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTEERS./MEXICAN WAR: MEMBER OF HOUSE/OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATOR,/AND AS SECRETARY OF WAR./INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF/THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT,/CONFEDERATE STATES OF/AMERICA, FEBRUARY 18, 1861. (Below plaque on back side of wall behind figure, incised:) PRESENTED TO THE STATE OF ALABAMA/BY THE/UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY/NOVEMBER 19, 1940 (Front of base, upper section:) SOUTH CAROLINA MISSISSIPPI FLORIDA ALABAMA (South side of base, upper section:) GEORGIA LOUISIANA (Back side of base, upper section:) TEXAS VIRGINIA ARKANSAS (North side of base, upper section:) NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE signed Founder's mark appears.
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Material:
Bronze
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1.27m x 0.6096m x 5.969000000000001m
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Funded by:
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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