Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Decatur, Georgia)
| Statue of Thomas Jefferson | |
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.jpeg) Thomas Jefferson statue (2012) | |
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| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | Thomas Jefferson |
| Location | Decatur, Georgia, United States |
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The Thomas Jefferson statue is a bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson which was formerly located on a bench next to the Old DeKalb County Courthouse in Decatur, Georgia.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]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, his sister-in-law and 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]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of statues of Thomas Jefferson
- List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
References
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- Buildings and structures in DeKalb County, Georgia
- Decatur, Georgia
- Monuments and memorials in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Monuments and memorials in the United States removed during the George Floyd protests
- Outdoor sculptures in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Sculptures of men in the United States
- Statues in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Statues of Thomas Jefferson
- Statues removed in 2020
- United States Declaration of Independence in art
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