Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy
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Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy | |
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Artist | Allen George Newman |
Medium | Sculpture |
Location | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy, also known as A Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy and the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy,[1][2] is an outdoor Confederate memorial installed in Jacksonville, Florida's Springfield Park.[3] It is a tribute to women of the South who "sacrificed greatly" during 1861 to 1865 as the south fought to preserve slavery in the United States.
Description and history[]
In 1912 the Florida division of the United Confederate Veterans voted to ask each Confederate veteran to contribute $5 (equivalent to $134 in 2020) to fund a monument to the Confederacy's women, "who were the heroines of that struggle".[4][2] The monument was designed in 1914 by sculptor Allen George Newman (1875–1940), and dedicated on October 26, 1915. Jno. Williams, Inc. served as the founder, and McNeel Marble Works served as the work's contractor. Its condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in November 1992.[2]
Removal efforts[]
In May 2018, the monument was cited among those targeted by the March for Change, a three-day, 40-mile (64-km) protest against Confederate monuments located in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida.[5] It is No. 10 on the 's list of Confederate memorials it wants to see removed.[5]
Plaque
In May 2018
Inside
See also[]
- 1915 in art
- List of Confederate monuments and memorials
- List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
- Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
References[]
- ^ "A Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy - Jacksonville, FL - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
- ^ a b c "Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ "Confederate Veteran". S.A. Cunningham. 19 August 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lancaster, T. D. (9 Apr 1912). "Monument to the Women of the Confederacy". Ocala Evening Star (Ocala, Florida). p. 2.
- ^ a b Holloway, Kali (June 3, 2018). "Announcing the Launch of the Make It Right Project". Independent Media Institute. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
External links[]
- Media related to Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy at Wikimedia Commons
- 1915 establishments in Florida
- 1915 sculptures
- Buildings and structures in Jacksonville, Florida
- Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Florida
- Monuments and memorials to women
- Outdoor sculptures in Florida
- Statues in Florida
- United Confederate Veterans
- Women in Florida
- Monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests