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 My Jewels Monument - Columbus, OH
N 39° 57.708 W 082° 59.986
17S E 329199 N 4425432
This impressive statue of seven military and political leaders from the state of Ohio is located on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse on Capitol Square in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WMKE1W
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2014
Views: 7
MY JEWELS MONUMENT, near the NW. corner of the capitol, is a group of bronze statues on a granite pedestal. Figures of Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, Edwin M. Stanton, James A. Garfield, Salmon P. Chase, and Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio soldiers and statesmen, surround a shaft topped by a statue of Cornelia, the Roman matron. Her words, 'These Are My Jewels,' stand out in relief at the top of the shaft. The monument, the work of Levi T. Scofield, was exhibited by the State of Ohio at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and then placed on its present site. ---Ohio: The Ohio Guide, 1940
The grounds of the Ohio Statehouse where this statue is located are well worth a visit if you're ever in Columbus, Ohio. Lots of impressive statuary to see here, but this one is by far the most impressive with seven military and political leaders, including three U.S. Presidents from the state of Ohio.
Book: Ohio
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 254-255
Year Originally Published: 1940
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