Statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt

Statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt

The memorial in 2011
Location	Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Coordinates	35°46′51″N78°38′22″W / 35.78072°N 78.63956°W / 35.78072; -78.63956
Designer	Gutzon Borglum
Material	Bronze
Dedicated date	June 12, 1912 (1912-06-12)
Restored date	2008
Dedicated to	Henry Lawson Wyatt
Dismantled date	June 2020

A statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt was installed in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

History

The statue was unveiled on June 12, 1912 by the North Carolina division of the Daughters of the Confederacy. ^{[1] [2]} Henry Lawson Wyatt was the first Confederate soldier to die in battle on June 10, 1861. ^[2] It became a point of pride for North Carolina Confederates, who boasted that their state had been "First at Bethel, Farthest at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and Last at Appomattox." ^[2]

Removal

The statue was removed on June 20, 2020, after North Carolina governor Roy Cooper ordered the removal of all Confederate monuments at the state capitol. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Visual arts portal

• List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

References

1. Brundage, W. Fitzhugh (2015). Where These Memories Grow: History, Memory, and Southern Identity. UNC Press Books. p. 154. ISBN   978-1-4696-2432-7 . Retrieved June 28, 2020.
2. "Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina". docsouth.unc.edu. March 19, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
3. Bridges, Virginia. "NC governor orders Confederate monuments removed at Capitol after statues toppled". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
4. "Work to remove 75-foot tall Confederate monument at State Capitol postponed". WRAL.com. June 20, 2020. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2020.

External links

• Media related to Henry Lawson Wyatt by Gutzon Borglum at Wikimedia Commons