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Originally unveiled in 1907, the Jefferson Davis statue stood on Monument Avenue ... the Davis statue was constructed during the Jim Crow era. Edward Valentine, the artist and namesake of the ...
The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis toppled by protesters earlier this summer could find a new home at the Valentine history center. The museum is in the process of making a formal ...
The figure of Confederate President Jefferson Davis that protesters ... there’s still plenty of Edward Valentine art out in the world. One of the most famous is the recumbent statue of Lee ...
The Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue was erected ... Visitor feedback will inform the Valentine’s interpretation of the Edward Valentine Sculpture Studio, where the Davis statue was ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Valentine museum confirmed to 8News that they want to acquire the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis that once stood on Richmond’s Monument Avenue.
Activists toppled and defaced Edward Valentine's statue of Jefferson Davis during Black Lives Matter protests in Richmond last summer. Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce / AFP via Getty Images During ...
Jefferson Davis, in the city that was its capital. The monument stands out on a street lined with them: the bronze statue by Edward Valentine depicts Davis, arm outstretched, standing in the ...
Protesters in Virginia continued to target emblems of colonizers and the Confederacy on Wednesday, tearing down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on Richmond’s Monument Avenue ...
A statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy whose ... In the British city of Bristol a statue of Edward Colston, a 17th century benefactor who made his fortune through the slave ...
The display of Edward Valentine’s statues in two different ... which is using the display of the Jefferson Davis statue to query its visitors about the role of public art and the future ...
After the Civil War, Edward Virginius Valentine returned ... And he made the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond—unveiled on Monument Avenue in June 1907 by Davis ...
AUSTIN — The University of Texas at Austin on Sunday morning removed a statue of Jefferson Davis from the main mall, over the objections of and amid ongoing legal action by Confederate groups.