Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Decatur, Georgia)

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Statue of Thomas Jefferson
MediumBronze
SubjectThomas Jefferson
LocationDecatur, Georgia, United States

The Thomas Jefferson statue was a bronze public statue of Thomas Jefferson. The statue was located on a bench next to the Old DeKalb County Courthouse in Decatur, Georgia.[1] The statue depicts Jefferson writing the United States Declaration of Independence and was donated to the city by a private citizen to honor U.S. senator Paul Coverdell, who died in 2000.[2] Following a rally during the George Floyd protests on June 17, 2020, it was announced that the statue would be removed, citing the fact that Jefferson was a slave-owner who owned over 600 slaves and fathered several children with Sally Hemings, a slave he owned.[3] On the morning of June 19, 2020 the statue was removed at the request of the donor "to protect it from damage."[4] This came several days after the removal of the DeKalb County Confederate Monument, an obelisk on the courthouse grounds that honored the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Massara, Jim (June 22, 2020). "Thomas Jefferson Statue On Decatur Square Put Into Storage". Patch. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Capelouto, J. D. (June 23, 2020). "Statue of Thomas Jefferson in downtown Decatur removed". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Brown, Alex (June 18, 2020). "Thomas Jefferson statue will be moved following calls to remove racist symbols from public spaces". Decaturish. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Whisenhunt, Dan (June 22, 2020). "Thomas Jefferson statue removed from downtown Decatur". Decaturish. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

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