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on August 16, 2017, but the base remains intact. Activists replaced the monument with a rendition of a pregnant African-American woman, created by artist Pablo Machioli, which was destroyed shortly thereafter. The pedestal was also repeatedly vandalized with politically motivated graffiti.
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SO GREAT IS MY CONFIDENCE IN / GENERAL LEE THAT I AM WILLING TO / FOLLOW HIM BLINDFOLDED / STRAIGHT AS THE NEEDLE TO THE POLE / JACKSON ADVANCED TO THE EXECUTION / OF MY PURPOSE
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organized a commission to evaluate removal of the city's four confederate monuments. In January 2016, the commission decided that the Jackson and Lee Monument, along with the
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The monument was located on the west side of the Wyman Park Dell along Art Museum Drive from its dedication until its removal by the Baltimore City Government.
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owner J. Henry Ferguson before he died in 1928. Ferguson provided $ 100,000 for the erection of the monument. It was dedicated in 1948 in a ceremony at which
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On August 14, 2017, the Baltimore City Council voted unanimously to deconstruct these two monuments along with the
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was the only woman sculptor selected out of five other men to create the monument. Notable architect
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The Jackson and Lee Monument was the first double equestrian statue in the United States. Artist
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Double equestrian statue formerly installed in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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in 1863. The statue was removed on August 16, 2017, on the order of
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Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Maryland
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The base of the sculpture featured the following inscription:
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Removed Confederate States of America monuments and memorials
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The area surrounding the old monument was rededicated as
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The empty pedestal, two days after the statue's removal.
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Evans, Michelle; Herzing, Meredith (August 16, 2017).
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was commissioned to design the base of the monument.
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Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Laura Gardin Fraser
Bronze
Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates
39°19′28″N 76°37′11″W / 39.32431°N 76.61983°W / 39.32431; -76.61983
equestrian statue
Confederate
generals
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Wyman Park Dell
Charles Village
Baltimore
Maryland
Chancellorsville, Virginia
Battle of Chancellorsville
Baltimore City Council
Confederate monuments
Harriet Tubman Grove
Laura Gardin Fraser
John Russell Pope
Colonial Trust Company
Governor William Preston Lane Jr.
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.
Nancy Pelosi

Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials

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