Sidney Lanier Monument

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Sidney Lanier Monument
Sidney Lanier Monument (2020)
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LocationPiedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
DesignerCarrère and Hastings
Edward Clark Potter (bust)
Dedicated date1914
Dedicated toSidney Lanier

The Sidney Lanier Monument is a public monument in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Located in Piedmont Park, the monument consists of a bust of Sidney Lanier, a notable poet from Georgia. The monument was dedicated in 1914.

History

Peabody Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore and published some of his most famous poems, such as "The Marshes of Glynn". Lanier died at the ripe age of 39 due to tuberculosis he had contracted while he was a prisoner of war.[1] After his death, he was honored with numerous memorials, such as in the name of Lanier County, Georgia and Lake Lanier.[2]

The monument was erected in 1914 by the

college prank among students in Atlanta being to remove the bust from the monument.[1] The bust was eventually removed and relocated to Oglethorpe University in 1985.[1]

In February 2012,

Confederate monument, and therefore recommended keeping it in place.[2] However, given his association with the Confederate States of America, numerous discussions of the monument are in the context of other Confederate monuments,[2][6] including in a report issued by the Atlanta History Center to the government of Atlanta on Confederate monuments and memorials in the city.[7]

Design

The monument is designed in the form of an Egyptian stele, with a recessed area in the front of the monument holding a bust of Lanier. The bust faces west.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Lanier Monument Restoration". Atlanta Preservation Center. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Corson, Pete (July 29, 2020). "PHOTOS: Confederate memorials in metro Atlanta". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4671-1006-8 – via Google Books
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  4. ^ Hornady, John R. (1922). Atlanta: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. American Cities Book Company. p. 388 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Johns, Myke; Lemley, John (February 22, 2013). "Sidney Lanier's Return to Piedmont Park". WABE. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  6. Curbed Atlanta. Vox Media
    . Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "The Advisory Committee on City of Atlanta Street Names and Monuments Associated with the Confederacy Final Report" (PDF). Atlanta History Center. November 20, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

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